Living poetically on the earth

This sentence comes from Holderlin, but it is Heidegger who makes this sentence famous. Judging from the photos, he has the fortitude and ruthlessness unique to the German nation. Not only that, he also kept the tradition of Germanic philosophy, which made our understanding of the world a big step forward. Heidegger pointed out the human condition, human value and human belonging through this sentence.

"Everyone is full of efforts" to describe people's situation. Undoubtedly, everyone deeply feels their own predicament. "Merit" can be said to be a social attribute of human beings. No matter what kind of social system, people must live a successful life. This is not only the achievement of people's material production, but also the dilemma of people's spiritual world. Modern people, in particular, not only lose their ownership physically, but also transfer this ownership to their bosses in order to survive. At the same time, they also have to bear endless psychological pressure. This pressure comes from the presupposition of the whole society for everyone. The public opinion in this society thinks that "you" must succeed, otherwise, you will be thrown out by the high-speed society. In addition, the highly developed media deprive people of the opportunity to enjoy their own ideas. The media occupy our territory everywhere, and he obtains it for us, analyzes it for us and draws conclusions for us. So, in modern society, where is the value of people? What is man except alienation as a tool?

But he still lives poetically on the earth. I want to say that life is full of poetry, and "poetry" is the best interpretation of life. Poetry is essentially the closest to life.

Lugones believes that all words are full of metaphors from the beginning. This does not mean that we should always remember this internal metaphorical relationship, we just need to know the metaphor of the text itself. For example, the word "style" originally means "pen", while the word "plain" means "flat". According to Bejas, words are not produced by abstract thinking, but by concrete things, where "concreteness" is the same as "poetry". For example, the word "terror" means "blood", "happiness" means "polishing" and "threat" means "threatening people". Similarly, we can find some other examples. Such as Shang (), Xia (), Chu () and Ge (). Most of the words we use now are their extended and borrowed meanings. The relationship between these extended meanings and their original meanings is "metaphor". In pictophonetic characters, there are also a lot of extensions in pictophonetic characters. For example, the words "unusual", "sad" and "disabled" are derived from "bad", meaning "disabled bones" and meaning death. Another example is "tooth" (). As we know, "tooth" refers not only to teeth, but also to age. So the word "age" uses "teeth" as the semantic part. Most of our radicals now are like this. For example, "jade", "gold" and "Jue" all mean "beautiful jade" (from "jade"), and "hall" and "wall" are all part of the building (from "earth"). This metaphor in Chinese characters strongly proves that the word itself is a metaphor.

Let's continue to discuss language. Let's look at some idioms first. "Make a mountain out of a molehill" (make a mountain out of a molehill), downpour (downpour), piece of cake (piece of cake). Whether in English or Chinese, the literal meaning and original meaning are completely different, and these idioms are full of metaphors. More importantly, these idioms are very common in our daily life. We actually live in this metaphor, although we don't know it.

There is also an idol, "Plastic Man". This sentence naturally does not mean "plastic people", but those who are more utilitarian. In the United States, people in new york usually say that people in Los Angeles are a little plastic. For example, at a party, the first question a girl may ask you is, what car are you driving? A man's car can expose his class. The answer to this question can let girls know whether it is necessary to continue chatting with you. Just like in Shanghai, if someone asks you where you are from. Usually ask about your financial ability and social status. People in the south, including Kunshan and Wenzhou, are relatively rich people. From Anhui, Henan and Sichuan, most of them are working. Northerners generally don't work, but they seldom become bosses. There are also metaphorical relationships among cars, native places and people's social conditions.

In the "Hongmen Banquet" in The Biography of Xiang Yu, "Fan Zeng has several kings, and the jade hairpin shows three." What does Fan Zeng mean by "counting kings"? It is a symbol of Xiang Yu's decision to kill Liu Bang. "Jun" means decisive. If the minister is exiled, if the emperor gives him a "monarch", then the minister can't go back to the capital because the emperor motioned him to "kill himself." If the emperor gives him a "ring", then ask him to return it. In addition, as we all know, fish means harvest (surplus), deer means happiness (happiness), folding willow means farewell (staying), peach means longevity, looseness means firmness and so on. If you don't understand the metaphorical meaning of these images, a large number of ancient poetry articles can't be understood.

Back to idioms, these idioms mainly appear in spoken language and prose poems. Idioms are prohibited in business English and scientific English. Business English, English for science and technology, like philosophical works, need rigor and certainty, and expel meaningful idioms from these texts, just as poets are expelled from Plato's college. Only literature is rich and colorful and can afford the meaning of these idioms. Among all literary works, poetry, especially those endless metaphors, can best present the world.

"Habitat". Some translated as "live in peace". I prefer Dwelling House. When we say the word "humble abode", we are actually talking about another metaphor. The word "habitat" was originally used to describe birds and animals because it reminds people of "habitat". In my opinion, this word does not lower the level of people, but points out the most fundamental attribute of people, a natural attribute. In this attribute, people and animals are equal, and they live together on the earth. The word "residence" is opposite to "advantage". He gives people a sense of calm and serenity. This feeling is "poetically" guided us to get it.

Finally, On Earth. Heidegger thinks this word clears up some misunderstandings. It is "poetry" that does not float in the real sky, but exists in this land. "Poetry flies over the earth not to escape the fetters of the earth, but to hover over it. It is the first time that poetry brings people back to the earth, making people belong to the earth, and therefore making people alive. " As the "metaphors" mentioned in the article, they are actually a part of our lives and exist in our real life. Our life is full of "poetry"