One passage in this text ponders the nature of a "thing," concluding that a deer, a beetle, or a blade of grass are not "things" but a stone and clod of earth are.
One passage in this text ponders the nature of a "thing," concluding that a deer, a beetle, or a blade of grass are not "things" but a stone and clod of earth are. It illustrates its idea of the "copy-relation" by reproducing C.F. Meyer's poem "The Roman Fountain" in its entirety. An imaginative reverie in this text evokes the "silent call of the earth, its silent gi t of the ripening grain, its...self-refusal in the wintry  eld" to show that reliability is the nature of equipment. This text argues that truth arises out of the "strife between clearing and concealing in the opposition between World and Earth," and  nds the essence of truth in the Greek word aletheia (ah-LEE-thee-ah), meaning "unconcealment." It largely deals with a concept called the Ursprung (OOR-shprung), literally meaning "primal leap." It asserts that, unlike in tools, "rock...becomes rock," "colors...shine," and "sounds...ring" in both a Greek temple and a van Gogh painting of shoes. For 10 points, name this essay on aesthetics by Martin Heidegger.
One passage in this text ponders the nature of a "thing," concluding that a deer, a beetle, or a blade of grass are not "things" but a stone and clod of earth are.
"The Origin of the Work of Art" [or "Der Ursprung des Kunstwerkes"]