The Unity and Fragmentation of Being: Hölderlin’s Metaphysics of Life

Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843) is widely known as a poet and sometimes described as a poet’s poet (Heidegger). However, more recent interpretations, undertaken by Dieter Henrich, Michael Franz and others, have shown that he was a genuine philosopher as well, who had an original conception of the re...

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Published inHumanities (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 92
Main Author Kanterian, Edward
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2025
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Earth
Fichte
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Hölderlin
Hölderlin, Friedrich
Kant
Kant, Immanuel
Knowledge
Mediation
Metaphysics
Morality
Philosophy
Poetry
Senses
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
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Summary:Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843) is widely known as a poet and sometimes described as a poet’s poet (Heidegger). However, more recent interpretations, undertaken by Dieter Henrich, Michael Franz and others, have shown that he was a genuine philosopher as well, who had an original conception of the relation between art, poetry and metaphysics, with neo-Platonic and theological roots. This paper reconstructs Hölderlin’s ideas and their relation to those of Kant and Fichte. Hölderlin emerges, on the interpretation offered here, as a metaphysician of life, a poet of the biosphere and as such most relevant to our present-day predicament.
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ISSN:2076-0787
2076-0787
DOI:10.3390/h14040092