Re: poets, thinkers, politicians

On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Iain Thomson wrote:

> 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

I don't know the context of this message, but since that is precisely
what Heidegger says in GA39, it's a good first pass.

Chris


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