Jaspers rejected Heidegger’s view of language as a ‘house of Being’

Evidence

When he wrote back to Jaspers he made no comment on the contents of his Schuldfrage, but reciprocated by sending Jaspers some of his own recent writings. Jaspers was repelled. Picking out Heidegger’s pet phrase describing language as the ‘house of Being’, he wrote back, ‘I bristle, because all language seems to be only a bridge to me’ — a bridge between people, not a shelter or home. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 612

Categorization

• DEFINE: Encapsulates a core later-Heidegger concept — ‘language as the house of Being’ — via Jaspers’ pointed contrast with language as bridge.
• XREF: connects to: Heidegger’s post-war writings struck Jaspers as mystical nonsense — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 612

Broader Connections

• Heidegger’s post-war writings struck Jaspers as mystical nonsense #expands (0.85) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 612