On the Way to Language

207 Pages·1982·1.835 MB·

by  Martin Heidegger

MARTIN HEIDEGGER
ON THE WAY TO
LANGUAGE
Translatedby PfTfB P HERTZ
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1817
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CONTENTS
A DIALOGEU ONL ANGUAGE
THEN ATURE OFL ANGUAGE
57
0 THEW AYT O LANGUAGE
111
WORDS
139
LANGUAGEI NT HEP OEM
A DiscsuisonG eoonTr rga kPlo'esWt oirck
159
REFREENCES
199

A DIALOGUE ON LANGUAGE

A DIALOGUE ON LANGUAGE
betwaeJ epana neasned Iaqnnur ier
Japanse:eY ouk noCwo nutS huKzouk iH.e s utdiweidht you
foarn umebr yoefa rs.
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for aoy veearhr ew orkoendt hispusr emterb iutteoh is
pupil.
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groivnwe h iiclthei s.
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inkgl iwonhfa tth awotr sda ys.
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atetmpstt oc onsitdhneera teu orfJ paaneasrewt i th the
helopfE uorpeaaens thetics.
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]:W hyn ot?
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Euroepant hniknigo,u otf p hilosCoopnhqsyue.et nlaye,s ­
thectnoisci dermautsuitloi tnmt aerlmeya ianl iteoEn a st­
asitahnnik i.n g
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aesthteoat iiudcs s.
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.IA:e sthfeutrinciusss wh ihett sh ceo ncetpog trsaw shpta i s of
cnoecrtnou sa sa ratn pdo etry.
I:D oy onue ecdo ncepts?
.fP:r emsaubyleybs e,c asuniscete h een cnoeturw ihtE uorpean
thinngkt,ih ehraecs o mteol g ihatc eritna ciapnayic nio tur
language.
I:I nw hatw ay?
]:I tl acksd eltihmegip toiwnetror eprnetos bejercetelsdai tn
anu nequoicvaolr daebro avnebd e leoawc oht her.
I:D oy ous eoruisrleyg artdh iicsna pacaisa t dye ficioefn cy
youlrag nuage?
]:C onisdenrgti hatth een cnoeturo ft hEea asstni waitthh e
Euorpeawno rhladbs e coimenes pcaabyloeru,q usetnic oer­
taliycn allfso sre airncrghe floenct.i
A DIALOGUE ON LANGUAGE 3
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oftdeins cuwsistCehod u nKtu kih-eqt ueswthieotnih ite sr
necesasnadrr iytg fhuflo rs atEsaiatnos chaafstee r the
Europceoaennpc tsuyaslt ems.
]:I n ftahcoeef m odetrehncn ailcizaatniiddon unrs itatliiozna
ofe vecroytn in,et nhtewroeu lsde etmob en oe scaapney
longer.
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aso ns ometthhiianvstga gaunead m orphous.
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is tahlel mmoernea cjisuntbg yb eimnogr ieno cnspicuous.
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suspie,tac ntdw hih cisy eptr ecitsherele yg iwohne re we
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4 ON THE WAY TO LANGUAGE
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ext,eb nutIth avsee nsi-etidn m yd iagluoewsih t Count
Kuki.
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they wegruee sd.i alo
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georf o udri agluoebse cammoer cel eavrilsyi ble.
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noitn w hawted iscunsosiren td h,we a y wihinc whe t ried
tod o so.
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mana,n odf F renacnhEd n glidsihhd,en ot?
I:O fc ourHseec .o usladiy n E uropleaanng uwahgaetse ver
wausn ddeircs uisosnB.uw te w erdei sculsksiai;nn hdge re
itw asI tow homt hseip roiftt hJea pnaeslena gugaer e­
maniecdl oseidit-ts ao ts h dias.y
.TT:h el nagaugeosf tdhieag luoes hfiteedv erytihnoit ng
Euroepan.
I:Y etth dei agluoet riteosd a tyh eese sntniaatlur oefE ast­
asnia art paonedt ry.