Being-of-Dasein
Being-of-Dasein t1_itr46fl wrote
Reply to comment by OhioTry in The philosophy of Martin Heidegger who argued that the Technological mindset has destroyed our relationship to the world so that Nature is seen as so many resources to exploit. He presents an alternative: a poetic relationship to the world by thelivingphilosophy
Yup, still a genius that more or less defined the early continental philosophical tradition along with Husserl and later Wittgenstein though.
Have to say that, personally, I think his ontology of being-in-the-world as an alternative to the subject/object (or mind/body) system is still revolutionary today though. Hard to understate his contribution to philosophy (massive influence on Satre).
But the man is morally repugnant. His mentor, Husserl, who more or less invented the philosophical system of phenomenology (which Heidegger heavily based his philosophy on) was a Jewish man, who he basically betrayed to get in with the Nazis. Terrible human being, and yet a proper once-in-a-generation type philosopher. Humans are complicated and Heidegger took that truth to the extreme.
Being-of-Dasein t1_itrj1ne wrote
Reply to comment by bordain_de_putel in The philosophy of Martin Heidegger who argued that the Technological mindset has destroyed our relationship to the world so that Nature is seen as so many resources to exploit. He presents an alternative: a poetic relationship to the world by thelivingphilosophy
Not trying to defend him at all. Just trying to say that the brilliance of his philosophy in contrast with his collosal moral failings is hard to explain. I know it's a cliché to say humans are complicated, but I struggle to find another way to put it. Just wanted to confirm that I think he is a reprehensible and disgusting human being for what he did; further, it's made even worse by the fact he never outright repented his actions either.