According to Heidegger, the blind desire for manipulation [of nature] came about because modernity turned reason-which was, for the ancients, and even for the medievals, a source of valuable goals-into a purely instrumental faculty. (Alexander Nehamas)

According to Heidegger, the blind desire for manipulation [of nature] came about because modernity turned reason-which was, for the ancients, and even for the medievals, a source of valuable goals-into a purely instrumental faculty.

Alexander Nehamas

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