Something you're not likely to see from me again soon

[Jacob Segal]

on 6/4/01 10:52 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski at sokol at jhu.edu wrote:


> At 12:01 PM 6/3/01 -0400, Gordon wrote:
>> So maybe Heidegger should be considered as a poet _rather_than_ a
> philosopher.
>> But in that case, Rilke would be the reason to learn German.
> 
> 
> What?s the difference? Aren't these two but exercises in imagination
> unencumbered by experience?  The main diffrence seems to be that philosphy
> is the refuge for those who cannot write good poetry.
> 
> wojtek
> 
> 

Didn't Heidegger himself say that all  philosophers are failed poets?

Jacob Segal