Abstract
Heidegger, one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, ranks Rilke after Hölderlin as a poet, because Rilke sees human beings in comparison with living things and does not recognize the proper openness of humans to Being. However, Heidegger’s own interpretation of animal and human-Dasein allows us to understand humankind and the other creatures on the same principle, which Rilke calls “venture.” This paper formulates the principle as what Heidegger termed “connection of disinhibition in nature,” and interprets the proper “throwing” of human beings as a particular form of the principle. Rilke requires us to throw our own life according to the venture of nature that throws ourselves.
