The Principle of Reason

Martin Heidegger; Reginald Lilly [translator]

ISBN 10: 0253327245 / ISBN 13: 9780253327246

Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 1991

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24 x 16 cm. Octavo. xxi 148pp. Red cloth, no jacket. Studies in Continental Thought series.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Principle of Reason
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253327245
• ISBN 13: 9780253327246
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

"Starting from Leibniz's principle of sufficient reason ..., Heidegger reflects on the relation of modern and ancient philosophy and of poetry and thinking...an accurate and readable English translation." - "Choice." "Recreates the intellectual footwork necessary for Heidegger's leap from the terra cognita of modernity into the existential questions of the age of technology." - Michael Heim. "The Principle of Reason", the text of an important and influential lecture course that Martin Heidegger gave in 1955-56, takes as its focal point Leibniz's principle: nothing is without reason. Heidegger shows here that the principle of reason is in fact a principle of being. One of Heidegger's most artfully composed texts, it also contains important discussions of language, translation, reason, objectivity, and technology - as well as remarkable readings of Leibniz, Kant, Aristotle, and Goethe, among others.

From the Back Cover

This is the text of a lecture course that Martin Heidegger gave in 1955-56, it takes as its focal point Leibniz's principle: nothing is without reason. Heidegger shows here that the principle of reason is in fact a principle of being.