a note on philosophy and rhetoric
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Allen asks:
> The question then becomes, can
> philosophy “hear” (I almost said “see”) itself from inside itself?
Bernard states:
> Of course not, Allen. The ground for philosophy is the eidos. That is why
> Socrates was told to “make music” and which he could not do. Philosophers
> think, whereas music makers feel.
Bernard, I’m basing my whole opera on the notion that philosophy can sing
(be-sung). One can see another’s point of view but one hears what one says.
Eidos needn’t be a visual image; Heidegger’s thinking is just as much based
upon hearing a call in that peculiarly positive-active sense as it is in
viewing what comes to light in the clearing of be-ing. (Philosophical)
thinking can be a feeling out, a hearing something out, discerning the music
in the icons of speech. Which is why Heidegger placed so much of his (he)art
in poetry.
Heidegger sings (although his deliberate attempts at poetry suck).
best regards and feelings
michaelP
