Abstract: Hölderlin's poetry can be understood as his response to the meaning and possibility of Kant's philosophy. He writes poetry for two main purposes: to construct and convey the myth of enlightenment philosophy, and to form a national myth: making Germany a nation of philosophy. It is in this fundamental sense that Heidegger regarded Hölderlin as the unique Germany poet who understands the essence of Dasein. Herperion regards Greece as a philosophical origin because the Greeks had a philosophical regulation on the concept of "whole" or "one"; but only when Hölderlin, nurtured by Kant's philosophy, digests the Greek's philosophical thinking can he conceive the new philosophy nation: Germany, or, the destiny of Germany conceptualized by Hölderlin. The realization of this destiny depends on a successful enlightenment of human nature. However, since it is a reinvention of nature, it is at most a "second nature", not "nature" in itself. Hölderlin's poetry can be understood as his response to the meaning and possibility of Kant's philosophy. He writes poetry for two main purposes: to construct and convey the myth of enlightenment philosophy, and to form a national myth: making Germany a nation of philosophy. It is in this fundamental sense that Heidegger regarded Hölderlin as the unique Germany poet who understands the essence of Dasein. Herperion regards Greece as a philosophical origin because the Greeks had a philosophical regulation on the concept of "whole" or "one"; but only when Hölderlin, nurtured by Kant's philosophy, digests the Greek's philosophical thinking can he conceive the new philosophy nation: Germany, or, the destiny of Germany conceptualized by Hölderlin. The realization of this destiny depends on a successful enlightenment of human nature. However, since it is a reinvention of nature, it is at most a "second nature", not "nature" in itself.

Key words: Philosophy, enlightenment, H?lderlin, Kant, Heidegger