The essay brings a discussion and interpretation of the philosophical views concerning some essential terms introduced in Heideggerian philosophical discourse, such as word (das Wort) and thing (das Ding), and its mutual relations. In the initial part of the article the author tries to investigate the connection between common thing and the artwork, as well as correlation between word in language and word in literary descriptions of the works o art (ekphrasis), then the article brings analysis of the Czesław Miłosz’s ekphrasis through the philosophical categories discussed in the opening parts of the essay.
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