The Boundary Between Philosophy and Poetry From Plato to Heidegger: How to approach the question of poetry - YAGMUR TOURKMEN (273839)

Abstract

This thesis explores how the question of poetry - often neglected in the Western history of philosophy - emerges as a problem in Plato’s Republic and later reemerges in Heidegger’s readings of Sophocles’ Antigone and Hölderlin’s The Ister. By placing Plato’s and Heidegger’s approaches in dialogue, it seeks to show the philosophical significance of poetry in initiating critical reflection on the nature of truth and the role of language. Through in-text readings of these works, the inquiry highlights how both thinkers, in different ways, grapple with the same relationship between philosophy and poetry. Ultimately, it affirms the co-determination of these two modes of thought and emphasizes the need to further question their dynamic.