הנס בלומנברג על המטפורה 'המוחלטת' של המערה: לחשוב את המקור או לספר סיפור

Hans Blumenberg (1920–1996) in his last book, Höhlenausgänge (Cave Exits), depicts the history of the use of one particular metaphor – the cave – in the specific context of the history of philosophy. Of course, choosing the cave metaphor as a candidate for such a history is far from being arbitrary. We can assume that it is based on the paradigmatic role held by Plato’s cave allegory as defining in an indirect manner the task of philosophy and that of the philosopher. However, the fact that we can intuitively justify the choice of the cave metaphor as a subject for such a history does not immediately offer us an explanation of the task, or purposes, of Blumenberg’s suggested history.