| With further development of modern technology, its negative effects has been revealing itself. In this situation, people has been seriously thinking about it instead of praising it. The thinking about technology by Martin Heidegger sets an example for us with regard to this matter. People has been continuously discussing his theory either by analyzing or correlating to his other theories, which contribute to our understanding about'his thought of technology. This article will further discuss his thought of technology with two categories-" truth by subjectivity", "truth by redemption" based on other people's previous work attempting to come up another understanding and search for a way to avoid the danger of technology. Other than the popular notion, Heidegger proclaims the essence of technology that both ancient technology and modern technology are disclosing. However, modern technology is some Challenging Disclosing, which congregate and form enframing, In the upmost sense, enframing brings out two meanings:Dangers and Saving Grace, which will be the springboard of this article. I will firstly interpret Dangers into Order and Block. Order rules over modern technology, which excludes other modes of disclosing, especially Physics which is thought as the most fundamental mode of disclosing by Heidegger. Therefore, one mode of disclosing rules causing diversity degrades into uniqueness, the essences of themselves vanish. When Order results in closure, human beings are separated from the truth, which is the danger of Block. Dangers proposed by Heidegger are analysed into Order and Block. Maybe someone will ask:are the Dangers revealed by Heidegger identical to the actual dangers caused by modern technology? I reach some arguments by analysing two other thinkers'statements about dangers from modern technology. In this article, I will separate standpoints of truth into "truth by subjectivity" and "truth by redemption" according to Wenyu Xie's application of the concept "standpoint of truth". "Truth by subjectivity" came from Plato which emphasized persons pursue actively truth. "Truth by redemption" rooted in Christianism which claimed persons can only acquire truth from the owner of truth who is Jesus Christ. Greco-Roman skeptics sufficiently revealed dual dilemma of "truth by subjectivity":a vicious circle and endless regradation. In the sense of "truth by subjectivity", people are led to closure. It is in the help of "truth by subjectivity" that the essence of technology brings out dangers, which are justified by the analysis of "truth by subjectivity's pervasion into the essence of modern technology and the revelation that "truth by subjectivity" results in the dangers of Order and Block. To avoid the dangers, Heidegger presented the path of "thinking" and emphasizing on learning thinking. Taking his suggestion and nominalist's exposure of finity of human beings'cognition into consideration, I conclude that this "thinking" is far from reason. Based on analysis of Heidegger's thinking, I discover this "thinking" can only be regarded as "believing" in "truth by redemption", which is the counterpart system of "truth by subjectivity". Therefore, Heidegger remind us a potential redemption:"truth by redemption", which is also justifiable from another aspect that "truth by redemption" is necessary to conquer dangers which is from its opposition. In summary, Dangers in modern technology are caused by "truth by subjectivity". As an approach of Saving Grace, the way of "thinking" can only be understood in "truth by redemption" from which a way of saving will emerge. This article provides another understanding for Heidegger's thought of technology and contemplation for dangers from modern technology.
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