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Essays in Metaphysics: Identity and Difference Kindle Edition

by Martin Heidegger (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The two lectures translated here were published in 1957 under the title Identitat und Differenz. The sensitive and attentive reader will come away with a feeling that he now knows Heidegger, the man, the teacher, better. Heidegger provides illuminating insights and thoughts on many a vital issue—our technological age, religion, language, history, and more—all of which he touches upon here, if only epigrammatically. What makes Heidegger important is his receptiveness, his sensitivity, his ability to be at the heart of the problem and “see” and “hear” when others see and hear nothing.
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Martin Heidegger was a philosopher most known for his contributions to German phenomenological and existential thought. Heidegger was born in rural Messkirch in 1889 to Catholic parents. While studying philosophy and mathematics at Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Heidegger became the assistant for the philosopher Edmund Husserl. Influenced by Husserl, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, Heidegger wrote extensively on the quality of Being, including his opus Being and Time. He served as professor of philosophy at Albert Ludwig University and taught there during the war. In 1933, Heidegger joined the National Socialist German Worker’s (or Nazi) Party and expressed his support for Hitler in several articles and speeches. After the war, his support for the Nazi party came under attack, and he was tried as a sympathizer. He was able to return to Albert Ludwig University, however, and taught there until he retired. Heidegger continued to lecture until his death in 1973.  

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01KWK7R3U
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Philosophical Library/Open Road (September 6, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 6, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3197 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 68 pages
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    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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Andrew Glynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Another facet of Heidegger's reinterpretation of Hegel
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2014
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If you find 'conversations' between thinkers of different periods interesting, particularly in interpreting what couldn't be said directly in an earlier time since various preconditions hadn't yet been met, this is a particularly interesting one, since the logic of identity and difference is at the core of basic logic, and thus any reinterpretation changes the foundation of logic itself.
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paul
5.0 out of 5 stars A Rare Lucid Moment
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2014
Heidegger, a philosopher of the earlier 20th century became the model for the style of all bad Po-Mo writers of the later 20th century. This book demonstrates, on the other hand, that he had some capacity for clarity. The translator has very modest things to say about the two essays, but they are clearly written (at least for Heidegger). Thus they may be considered a fine introduction to a very obscure philosopher. Of the existentialists, who for the most part have gone quietly into the night, he is still read even though individuality is unfortunately no longer thought to be significant. I strongly disagree with Heidegger, but he is an important philosopher and this book is a rare open door into the system and for this it deserves five stars.
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