Abstract: This article attempts to analyze the texts of M. Heidegger’s seminars and lectures over the period of 1934-1935 dedicated to the hymns “Germania” and “The Rhine” by Friedrich Hölderlin. These works already indicate the targeted by Heidegger grounds for the realized so-called “turn” (die Kejre), focused on the role of “poetic thinking” in the questions of apprehending the true Being, which later had a significant impact upon the entire philosophical though of the XX century, and still remains an object of interest among the scholars. The article uses the method of analysis of the primary source, comparison of the text with the earlier and later works, hermeneutic methodology, problem-thematic way of analysis and interpretation of the material. The main conclusions consist in the following: for the first time, based on the aforementioned texts, was revealed the method of determination of Martin Heidegger’s “poetic thinking”; understanding of the phenomenon of poetic in philosophical heritage of M. Heidegger as the key notion of his later philosophy is being realized; analysis alongside interpretation of the notions used by the philosopher for structuring the concept of cognizing the being using the “poetic thinking” is being conducted. 

Abstract: This article analyzes the interaction between philosophy and poetry, how they exist together in the world of science and human life and whether philosophy and poetry may have common features or these two forms of human culture and thought are absolutely incomparable. The research conducted by the author of the present article shows that philosophy and poetry have common historical roots and poetry, according to many researchers, serves as an ancient genre of pre-philosophy.