Martin Heidegger Books

The book explores the philosophical atmospheres surrounding prominent thinkers, contrasting the environments of Heidegger, Berdyaev, and Jaspers. It highlights how each setting mirrors the internal landscapes of these philosophers: Berdyaev's home embodies communion, Jaspers's reflects spiritual engagement, while Heidegger's evokes a profound sense of solitude. This comparison delves into the interplay between external surroundings and the inner workings of the mind, offering insights into how place influences philosophical thought.

This English translation compiles the texts previously released under the title Holzwege, offering readers a comprehensive view of the author's philosophical insights. It delves into themes of language, existence, and the nature of being, presenting a thought-provoking exploration that invites deep reflection. The work stands out for its unique perspective, making complex ideas accessible to a broader audience while maintaining the depth of the original texts.

Highlights the contrast between Greek and Roman thought and the reflection of that contrast in language. The author analyzes the decline in the primordial understanding of truth - and, just as importantly, of untruth - that began in later Greek philosophy and that continues by virtue of the Latinization of the West.

This volume consists of two lecture series given by Heidegger in the 1940s and 1950s. The lectures given in Bremen constitute the first public lectures Heidegger delivered after World War II, when he was officially banned from teaching. Here, Heidegger openly resumes thinking that deeply engaged him with Hölderlin's poetry and themes developed in his earlier works. In the Freiburg lectures Heidegger ponders thought itself and freely engages with the German idealists and Greek thinkers who had provoked him in the past. Andrew J. Mitchell's translation allows English-speaking readers to explore important connections with Heidegger's earlier works on language, logic, and reality.

Reconstructs Martin Heidegger's lecture course at the University of Marburg, devoted to an interpretation of Plato's "Sophist" and Aristotle. The lectures approach Plato through a detailed reading of the "Nichomachean Ethics", providing one of Heidegger's major interpretations of Aristotle.

Introduction to Phenomenological Research , volume 17 of Martin Heidegger's Gesamtausgabe, contains his first lectures given at Marburg in the winter semester of 1923–1924. In these lectures, Heidegger introduces the notion of phenomenology by tracing it back to Aristotle's treatments of phainomenon and logos . This extensive commentary on Aristotle is an important addition to Heidegger's ongoing interpretations which accompany his thinking during the period leading up to Being and Time. Additionally, these lectures develop critical differences between Heidegger's phenomenology and that of Descartes and Husserl and elaborate questions of facticity, everydayness, and flight from existence that are central in his later work. Here, Heidegger dismantles the history of ontology and charts a new course for phenomenology by defining and distinguishing his own methods.

The text of Martin Heidegger's 1927--28 university lecture course on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason presents a close interpretive reading of the first two parts of this masterpiece of modern philosophy. In this course, Heidegger continues the task he enunciated in Being and Time as the problem of dismatling the history of ontology, using temporality as a clue. Within this context the relation between philosophy, ontology, and fundamental ontology is shown to be rooted in the genesis of the modern mathematical sciences. Heidegger demonstrates that objectification of beings as beings is inseparable from knowledge a priori, the central problem of Kant's Critique. He concludes that objectification rests on the productive power of imagination, a process that involves temporality, which is the basic constitution of humans as beings.

Includes a treatment of the history of metaphysics and an elaboration of a philosophy of life and nature. This work defines and develops Heidegger's concepts of organism, animal behaviour, and environment.

The author, a prominent figure in Religious Studies, brings a wealth of academic insight to the exploration of faith and spirituality. His background as a professor at Stanford University underscores his expertise, offering readers a deep understanding of complex religious themes and philosophical inquiries. Through his work, he aims to engage with the nuances of belief systems and their impact on human experience, making significant contributions to the field of religious studies.