Heidegger saw his linguistic violence as necessary to a philosophical overthrow of metaphysics

Evidence

Yet, even while rejecting the traditional philosophical virtue of clarity, he was adamant that he was a philosopher, and that there was nothing merely literary or playful about his language. His purpose was to overturn human thinking, destroy the history of metaphysics, and start philosophy all over again. A little violence done to language is to be expected, given an overall aim that is so extreme, and so violent. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 210

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A condensed insight that radical aims justify radical means — though it is observation, not quite prescriptive advice.
• XREF: connects to: Heidegger’s language-stretching project parallels modernist literary experiments like Gertrude Stein’s — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 206; Heidegger’s obscure style reflects an aim to overturn all of metaphysics — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 210; Heidegger accepted awkward prose as the price of overturning the history of philosophy — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 204 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Heidegger’s obscure style reflects an aim to overturn all of metaphysics #corroborates (0.92) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 210
• Heidegger accepted awkward prose as the price of overturning the history of philosophy #corroborates (0.90) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 204