Identity and Difference. - Softcover

Heidegger, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061318477 ISBN 13: 9780061318474

Publisher: Harper Torchbooks, 1974

Synopsis

Identity and Difference consists of English translations and the original German versions of two little-known lectures given in 1957 by Martin Heidegger, "The Principle of Identity" and "The Onto-theo-logical Constitution of Metaphysics." Both lectures discuss the difficult problem of the nature of identity in the history of metaphysics. A helpful introduction and a list of references are also provided by the translator, Joan Stambaugh.

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Identity and Difference consists of English translations and the original German versions of two little-known lectures given in 1957 by Martin Heidegger: "The Principle of Identity" and "The Onto-theo-logical Constitution of Metaphysics," both discussions of the problem of identity in the history of metaphysics. A helpful introduction and a list of references are also provided by translator Joan Stambaugh.

About the Author

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) spent most of his career teaching at the University of Freiburg. His most prominent works include Being and Time, Discourse on Thinking, Identity and Difference, What Is Called Thinking?, and Poetry, Language, Thought.

Joan Stambaugh is a professor emerita of philosophy at Hunter College of the City University of New York. She is the author, most recently, of The Finitude of Being, The Other Neitzsche, and The Formless Self.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper Torchbooks
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0061318477
• ISBN 13: 9780061318474
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: German
• Number of pages: 146