Introduction to metaphysics
by Martin Heidegger, Gregory Fried, and Richard Polt
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"Introduction to Metaphysics includes a reinterpretation of Greek thought, a vision of Western history, and a glimpse of the reasons behind Heidegger's support of the Nazi Party in the 1930s. Heidegger tries to reawaken the "question of Being" by challenging some of the most enduring prejudices embedded in Western philosophy and in our everyday practices and langauge.
Furthermore, be relates this question to the insights of Greek tragedy into the human condition and to the political and cultural crises of modernity.".
"This new translation makes this work more accessible than ever before. It combines smoothness with accuracy and provides conventional translations of Greek passages that Heidegger translated unconventionally. There are also extensive notes, a German-English glossary, and an introduction that discusses the history of the text, its basic themes, and its place in Heidegger's oeuvre."--BOOK JACKET.
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Introduction à la métaphysique
March 28, 1980, Gallimard
Mass Market Paperback
in French
2070204197 9782070204199
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INTRODUCTION A LA METAPHYSIQUE (CLASSIQUES DE LA PHILOSOPHIE)
1967-03-22, GALLIMARD
207023147X 9782070231478
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Why is there anything at all, instead of nothing? How are we to understand what it is to be?
Heidegger argues, in magisterial, flowing and esoteric language, that Western civilisation has gone wrong because it has systematically misunderstood this question.
Instead, he claims that we have tried to understand physical things themselves. We have confused appearance with reality: we have replaced understanding with reason, wonder with technology, and use with exploitation.
His answer is a return to the beginnings of our thinking to achieve a more sustainable view of the world and a correct view of our limited but central place as thinking beings in it.
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