This is a great piece. My knowledge of Heidegger is limited to other thinkers quoting him and the idea of aletheia has really intrigued me. Will try and get the time to investigate this concept further as it feels similar to how the flaneur experiences place? Thanks for sharing the poem too, some lovely images conjured by that, particularly enjoyed "Made certain with each summoning."
"Aletheia," also, literally means "truth" in Greek, and in its Greek roots breaks down to "a" (without) and "lethe" (forgetting)...which is something profound in itself. ;)
Thanks! For Heidegger 'Aletheia' is the negation of the verb lath, to cover over. So truth means uncovering and untruth is covering over. Maybe we can say that truth / aletheia is also connected to remembering or re-remembering...
This is a great piece. My knowledge of Heidegger is limited to other thinkers quoting him and the idea of aletheia has really intrigued me. Will try and get the time to investigate this concept further as it feels similar to how the flaneur experiences place? Thanks for sharing the poem too, some lovely images conjured by that, particularly enjoyed "Made certain with each summoning."
Thankyou Mark!
Heidegger’s idea of poets ‘going into phenomena to uncover them’ is also reminiscent of the shaman perhaps
Yes! That's a much better analogy!
"Aletheia," also, literally means "truth" in Greek, and in its Greek roots breaks down to "a" (without) and "lethe" (forgetting)...which is something profound in itself. ;)
Thanks! For Heidegger 'Aletheia' is the negation of the verb lath, to cover over. So truth means uncovering and untruth is covering over. Maybe we can say that truth / aletheia is also connected to remembering or re-remembering...