Heidegger popularized Husserl’s call to return to things themselves as a slogan.

Evidence

‘To the things themselves!’: Husserl, Logical Investigations, I, 252. It is partly down to Heidegger that this remark became a slogan, as Heidegger calls it the ‘maxim’ of phenomenology: BT, 50/27–8. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 1127

Categorization

• DEFINE: Traces the origin and popularization of phenomenology’s core motto.
• XREF: connects to: Heidegger’s break with Husserl hinged on what each bracketed out — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 220

Broader Connections

• Heidegger’s break with Husserl hinged on what each bracketed out #expands (0.75) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 220