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Orthotes

Orthotes is a concept defined by Martin Heidegger as "an eye's correctness" or, the passage from the physical eyes to the eyes of the intellect. In his essay, "The End of Philosophy and the Task of Thinking," Heidegger distinguishes "orthotes" from his concept of "aletheia" ("unconcealment"), describing it as "the correctness of representations and statements."

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Orthotes (Greek: ὀρθότης "rightness") is a concept defined by Martin Heidegger as "an eye's correctness" or, the passage from the physical eyes to the eyes of the intellect.1 In his essay, "The End of Philosophy and the Task of Thinking," Heidegger distinguishes "orthotes" from his concept of "aletheia" ("unconcealment"), describing it as "the correctness of representations and statements."2

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  1. ""Plato's Doctrine of Truth"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  2. Heidegger, Martin, and Krell David. Farrell. Basic Writings: from Being and Time (1927) to The Task of Thinking (1964). London: Routledge, 1993. Print.