Identity and Difference (Torchbooks) - Softcover

Heidegger, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061318477 ISBN 13: 9780061318474

Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books, 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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Review

"Stambaugh's new translation of Identitat und Differenz is a welcome addition to the growing body of English translations of Heidegger. The special merit of Stambaugh's work is that the translator was a student of Heidegger's and was able to prepare this translation in consultation with him. Her work should be particularly well received in view of the very poor quality of the previous translation of the same work, published for some reason under the title Essays in Metaphysics," - Stanley O. Hoerr and Staff, The Review of Metaphysics.

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 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 Nietzsche, and The Formless Self.

Edition details

• Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 0061318477
• ISBN 13: 9780061318474
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146
• Editor: Gray J. Glenn