When did the lecture Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister" take place?
Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister"
Heidegger next focuses on the fact that it is clear that "the rivers come to language" in Hölderlin's poetry. On the one hand, the rivers are detached from human being, having their own "spirit"; on the other hand, the rivers are a locale at which human beings find their dwelling place. The question is thus that of the poetic essence of the river.[4]