In his "Letter on Humanism," Martin Heidegger cited (from Aristotle) the story of Heraklitus encountered by tourists while warming his hands by his stove. "In this altogether everyday place," Heidegger comments, "he betrays the whole poverty of his life." The tourists, expecting to see a Thinker, are taken aback. Heraklitus, however, invites them in to his abode (Dar ul-Fikr), "for here, too, the gods are present."
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