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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 37
IS  - no. 1
T2  - Philosophy and Literature
SP  - 36-52
ID  - bbbc466
T1  - "Gen-, Shakespeare, Heidegger, and the Nature of Mortal Being"
AU  - Brown, Arthur A
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2026
LA  - English
AB  - Applies Martin Heidegger's axiom, "mortals live in the speaking of language," to Shakespeare's use in King Lear of derivatives of the Indo-European root gen- (meaning to "to beget"), which include "kin," "kind," "king," "generation," "gentle," "gender," "native," "nation," and "nature." Argues that this common root serves as an index to two central questions: "Are human beings, by nature, kind?" and "Are the gods kind?"
ER  -