Hans Georg Gadamer and Poetry as the Core of a Philosophical Hermeneutics
Ettore Aldo del Vigo, 1952 Hans Georg Gadamer and Poetry as the Core of a Philosophical Hermeneutics Introduction: Before starting the course, I was completely unfamiliar with Gadamer. I had never read him before and was entirely unaware of his existence and work. It was a revelation for me, as someone who believes it is never too late to learn. I had previously read several works by Hartmann, Heidegger, Kant, and Descartes. I was absolutely captivated by Gadamer, impressed by the clarity of his thought, his conceptualization, the richness, and the fluidity of his solid epistemological discourse. Perhaps due to my love for poetry, I felt an immediate attraction to a philosopher who begins his magnum opus Truth and Method with a poem by Rilke, giving clear precedence to Ars Poetica over other artistic manifestations. As I progressed in my readings for this paper, I encountered many interesting ideas worthy of development, of which I will present the following: Is poetry...