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Die Unfassbare Sprache, Molly Hornick
Die Unfassbare Sprache, Molly Hornick
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The Lineage of Language: The Minds of Hamann, Benjamin, and Heidegger
Language, an essential part of human existence, is in its ubiquity almost impossible to define. This aspect of life, nearly absurd to confine into a simple definition, is crucial to the human understanding of being itself. The question of the origin of language began in the late 18th century with the German-language philosopher, Johann Georg Hamann, who criticized the Enlightenment for its reliance on reason alone. The notion that human existence, and therefore language can be grasped into a mere rational approach was similarly rejected by language philosopher Walter …