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for itself as techne as an instrument of education and therefore as a classroom matter and later a
cultural concern. By and by philosophy becomes a technique for explaining from highest causes. One
no longer thinks; one occupies oneself with "philosophy." In competition with one another, such
occupations publicly offer themselves as "-isms" and my to outdo one another." Letter on Humanism, p.
242 in Pathmarks.
How does Heideggerian philosophy form a dialogue with the core teachings of Theravada Buddhism,
has he in any of his writings spoken of such a dialogue explicitly?
Would like to know more on this topic, text suggestions are welcome, preferably with citations, for I am
myself, at this moment working on something in these lines.