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Letter on Humanism

Martin Heidegger

Letter on Humanism refers to a famous letter written by Martin Heidegger in December 1946 in response to a series of questions by Jean Beaufret about the development of French existentialism. Heidegger reworked the letter for publication in 1947. He distanced himself from Sartre's position and existentialism in general in this letter.

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“Language is the house of the truth of Being.”

Martin Heidegger Letter on Humanism

Letter on Humanism (1947)

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