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The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude

A crucial work for understanding a major turning point in Heidegger's thought. "...an important addition to the translations of Heidegger's lecture-courses." — International Philosophical Quarterly

"The translators of these lectures have succeeded splendidly in giving readers an intimation of the tensely insistent tone of the original German. Heidegger's concern with a linguistic preconsciousness & with our entrancement before the enigma of existence remains intensely contemporary." — Choice

"There is much that is new and valuable in this book, & McNeill & Walker's faithful translation makes it very accessible." — Review of Metaphysics

"Whoever thought that Heidegger...has no surprises left in him had better read this volume. If its rhetoric is 'hard & heavy' its thought is even harder & essentially more daring than Heideggerians ever imagined Heidegger could be." — David Farrell Krell

First published in German in 1983 as volume 29/30 of Heidegger's collected works, The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics includes an extended treatment of the history of metaphysics & an elaboration of a philosophy of life & nature. Heidegger's concepts of organism, animal behavior & environment are uniquely developed & defined with intensity.

William McNeill is Associate Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is co-translator (with Julia Davis) of Holderlin's Hymn "The Ister" by Martin Heidegger. Nicholas Walker is Research Fellow in philosophy and literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Studies in Continental Thought: John Sallis, general editor

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 400
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780253214294
  • Genres
  • philosophy, metaphysics, science, physics
  • Release date
  • 2001