from "Building Dwelling Thinking" by Martin Heidegger

This video is based on a small part of Heidegger's essay. In this part of his essay, he uses the example of a bridge to explain how a building can meet the needs of men without interfering with "the fourfold," or the earth, sky, divinities, and mortals. The bridge demonstrates how building does not mean simply to construct something, but it also means to cultivate, keep, preserve, or gather the fourfold. The bridge constructs a connection from one bank to another, but it also preserves the stream below. The bridge constructs and preserves, and it does these things at once. In this way, the bridge serves as a model of how humans should dwell in the city and for how they should learn to dwell before they build.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• heidegger
• city
• environment

[Lancashirefolk]

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[houxy]

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[d3str0y3rport]

nice job!