In a message dated 3/26/09 1:58:41 PM, [email protected] writes:
> Knowing that Cheerskep has already studied it, I think I'll order the book > and > see how far I get. > > Oy. I just got the same feeling I got when I realized I'd led my son to become a smoker. Total disclosure: I own a copy of Heidgger's POETRY, LANGUAGE, THOUGHT. "The Origin of the Work of Art" is a 72-page essay in that volume. But Heidegger's writing and thinking are so inimical to me I ground to a halt early on. I.e. I haven't read the whole thing. Here, for example, are the first two sentences: "Origin here means that from which and by which something is what it is and as it is. What something is, as it is, we call its essence or nature." There is, in those two lines, so much profoundly screwed up ontology and philosophy of language that it calls to mind Mary McCarthy's line about Lillian Hellman: "Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'." ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for Under $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000002)
