Are both philosophy and poetry “misrepresentations”? The utilitarian, Bentham, suggested that at least poetry was a misrepresentation of the truth.
The “object” of both philosophy and poetry could be truth, but truth too can be wrongly only a denotation, a definition of the Real Object. Heidegger thought poets and philosophers have the same role of describing the world while in the world. Poetry can be prettier but no less evasive.
The truth is in the Real Object, not in the philosophy or poetry describing it, important as they may be culturally. The problem can be compounded when thinkers and writers produce what Engels called a kind of intellectual onanism, with little connection to real objects.
The Supreme Object is Godhood, which is also a Real Material-Supermaterial Object, described by the “Word” of God, which is not a real object.
The “object” of both philosophy and poetry could be truth, but truth too can be wrongly only a denotation, a definition of the Real Object. Heidegger thought poets and philosophers have the same role of describing the world while in the world. Poetry can be prettier but no less evasive.
The truth is in the Real Object, not in the philosophy or poetry describing it, important as they may be culturally. The problem can be compounded when thinkers and writers produce what Engels called a kind of intellectual onanism, with little connection to real objects.
The Supreme Object is Godhood, which is also a Real Material-Supermaterial Object, described by the “Word” of God, which is not a real object.
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