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Heidegger, who blames Platonism for so much, failed to learn the lesson of Plato’s allegory of the cave. The philosophers must return to the cave not only in order to save the polis, but also in order to understand the political realm in its particularity after spending time in the light of the intelligible forms. When they first return, they are unable to see in the relative darkness (Republic 516e, 518a).Knowledge of essences, then, does not suffice Beyond Struggle and Power: Heidegger’s Secret Resistance to understand politics; we must both ascend and descend, and take the time to adjust our understanding to both realms.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:38:37 +0000

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