poets, thinkers, politicians

As a first pass, it could be said that
in Heidegger's ideal world:
the poets stand out into the open of Being
(intercepting winks between gods
and relaying them back to their fellow mortals)
the thinkers interpret these poetic sayings
and set what they reveal to work in language,
while the politicians establish social relations
which gather and preserve these truths.

Iain




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