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Aristotle’s Metaphysics Θ 1–3: On the Essence and Actuality of Force

By Martin Heidegger

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0253329108, 9780253329103
LCC
B434 .H4513 1995
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31314229 bytes)
Series
Studies in Continental Thought
Pages
109\109
Topic
Physics
Library
demonoid.me
Time added
2011-03-06 17:00:15

Description

Martin Heidegger’s reading of Aristotle was one of the pivotal influences in the development of his philosophy. First published in German in 1981 as volume 33 of Heidegger's Collected Works, this book translates a lecture course he presented at the University of Freiburg in 1931. Heidegger's careful translation and his probing commentary on the first three chapters of Book IX of Metaphysics show the close correlation between his phenomenological interpretation of the Greeks (especially of Aristotle) and his critique of metaphysics. Additionally, Heidegger's confrontation with Aristotle's Greek text makes a significant contribution to contemporary scholarship on Aristotle, particularly the understanding of potentiality in Aristotle's thought. Finally, the book exemplifies Heidegger's gift for teaching students how to read a philosophical text and how to question that text in a philosophical way.

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