Towards a Return to One’s Essence Some Reflections on Nietzsche and Heidegger 英文论文文献.docVIP

Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.3, No.2 (April 2013):108-126 [Essay] Towards a Return to One’s Essence Some Reflections on Nietzsche and Heidegger Dennis A. de Vera* Abstract This paper looks at the possibility of a return to one’s essence through a comparative exposition of some fundamental themes in both Nietzsche’s and Heidegger’s ambivalence to modernity. Central to Nietzsche for example is an immanent critique of modernity, attempting to retrieve man from the snares of the modern culture. Heidegger on the other hand, sets forth an immanent questioning of historicity, attempti