Re: Philosophy of Being

Rene;
Thanks for the info.  I have to say that as I reached about page ten I came
across a discussion of an early lecture by H in which P takes issue and
argues using Carnap (!) as ammo.........and I found myself feeling as I do
sometimes when reading a movie review where the critic hated the film but
his description made me want to see the film.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Anyway, might you suggest some good commentary on H.

Also, some thoughts on H's book on Hoderlin's The Ister....?
I know such generalized questions are close to idiotic but us beginners must
do what we can, thanks JS
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From: Rene de Bakker <rbakker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: Philosophy of Being


>At 10:23 31-8-99 -0700, John Steppling wrote:
>>Hi;
>>I just began Philipse's book Heidegger's Philosophy of Being.  Does anyone
>>know anything about it or have any comments?
>
>
>John,
>
>After a review of this book in a Dutch magazine, in which the reviewer
>asked, why for heaven's sake Philipse wrote a book about someone, he hasn't
>got any affinity with, he replied, he wanted complete clarity about
>Heidegger, and now he had it. P. sees in H. the theologian who lost his god
>in BT, but only to regain him in a later stadium. He even sees a Pascalian
>strategy in it: the lonely Existenz cannot stand, in the end, his
>facticity, living becomes impossible and a god comes to save us. Heidegger
>cut to pieces by reductiones ad absurda. One wonders, whose?
>P. replied to the review, that he had a good time reading Heidegger: his
>interest in him is that of the detective, whom overcomes a peculiar shiver,
>when he examines the corpse's shotwounds. And so on. The tax-payer in me
>revolts.
>
>One better turns to Chinese art, like Wong, who again showed a talent for
>timing.
>
>greeting,
>
>     Ren
>
>-----------------------------------
>drs. Ren de Bakker
>Universiteitsbibliotheek Amsterdam
>Afdeling Catalogisering Faculteiten
>tel. 020-5252368
>
>
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