Potřebnost nepotřebného

For more than two centuries, a philosophical thought has been taking shape in Europe which sees man’s original and authentic position not in the productive, all-inclusive transformation of nature, but in the fact that man is needed if the earth, the heavens, the divine, and man himself are to grow into what they are. The four studies included in this short book trace the thoughts of J. W. Goethe, J. G. Herder, and M. Heidegger, seeking to awaken in the reader the ability to hear this silent voice of the need of the unnecessary constantly drowned out by the noisy pursuit of productivity.