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Martin Heidegger Quotes

Biography: Martin Heidegger is known for his profound impact on existential philo... more Biography: Martin Heidegger is known for his profound impact on existential philosophy and phenomenology. Born in Germany in 1889, he authored "Being and Time," a seminal work in which he explored the nature of being, time, and human existence. His ideas have influenced diverse fields, despite controversy over his association with Nazism. less

"The small are always dependent on the great; they are only snobs or prigs or vulgar when they want to force to be as great as they. "

Tags: Aspiration, Inequality, Power dynamics, Dependency, Social hierarchy

"The fuhrer alone is the present and future German reality and its law."

Tags: Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism, Dictatorship, Political ideology, World war ii

"Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy."

Tags: Philosophy, Understanding, Communication, Existentialism, Meaning

"Self assertion is rooted in care."

Tags: Personal growth, Self-awareness, Mindfulness, Empowerment, Confidence

"We do not say being we say the nothing."

Tags: Philosophy, Existentialism, Existence, Metaphysics, Being

"The question of being is not a question of an entity."

Tags: Philosophy, Identity, Existentialism, Existence, Metaphysics

"To dwell means to linger at a place."

Tags: Existence, Presence, Pause, Place, Location

"The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking."

Tags: Philosophy, Self-awareness, Reflection, Existentialism, Awareness

"Time is not a thing thus nothing which is, and yet it remains constant in its passing away without being something temporal like the beings in time."

Tags: Philosophy, Existence, Time, Metaphysics, Ephemeral

"The essence of truth is freedom."

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Authenticity, Freedom, Truth

"The human body is essentially something that is other than an animal organism."

Tags: Philosophy, Self-awareness, Human nature, Identity, Existentialism

"Language is the house of Being."

Tags: Philosophy, Communication, Existentialism, Existence, Language

"Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one."

Tags: Personal growth, Philosophy, Self-discovery, Identity, Individuality

"The possible ranks higher than the actual."

Tags: Philosophy, Optimism, Future, Existentialism, Reality

"Being-in-the-world is the basic state of Dasein."

Tags: Philosophy, Existentialism, Being, Human existence, Ontology