Ahmet Demirhan

Thinking About Being in Front of Heidegger’s Hut

This question came to mind while reading Journey to Heidegger’s Hut (Heidegger’in Kulübesine Yolculuk), İbrahim Kalın’s book about his 2019 visit to Heidegger’s hut in Todtnauberg—a visit whose introduction, as those interested will already know, was partially published earlier. In particular, it arose while reading the sections that explore the relationship between Being and representation, summarized as follows: “What we describe with words and concepts”—and of course, this includes the word or concept Being—“is not Being itself, but its representation in language and thought”