Introduction to Metaphysics

by Martin Heidegger; New translation by Gregory Fried and Richard Polt

• ISBN13: 9780300083279
• ISBN10: 0300083270
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-08-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics is one of the most important works written by this towering figure in twentieth-century philosophy. It includes a powerful reinterpretation of Greek thought, a sweeping 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 language. Furthermore, he 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 to students 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.

Table of Contents

Translators' Introduction	vii
Outline of Introduction to Metaphysics	xx
Introduction to Metaphysics
Prefatory Note	xxix
The Fundamental Question of Metaphysics	1	(54)
On the Grammar and Etymology of the Word ``Being''	55	(24)
The Question of the Essence of Being	79	(19)
The Restriction of Being	98	(125)
Being and Becoming	100	(3)
Being and Seeming	103	(19)
Being and Thinking	122	(88)
Being and the Ought	210	(13)
German-English Glossary	223	(23)
Acknowledgments	246	(1)
Index	247