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Book SynopsisThroughout his long career, Gadamer wrote and taught widely on the philosophy of the ancient world. In this volume, moving from the Pre-Socratics to Plato, Gadamer explores the legacy that ancient thought left for such philosophical giants as Kant, Schleiermacher and Hegel.
Ancient Sources, Modern Appropriations also includes a substantial critical introduction in which the Editors reconstruct Gadamer''s views on how the study of the history of philosophy contributes to the task of doing philosophy by keeping a tradition alive and moving it into the future. This final volume of the
The Selected Writings of Hans-Georg Gadamer also includes a thorough bibliography of Gadamer''s available writings in English and key secondary studies of his philosophical hermeneutics.Available in English for the first time,
Ancient Sources, Modern Appropriations is comprised of the most important of Gadamer''s previously untranslated writings on ancient philosophy.
Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction: History of Philosophy as Appropriation of a Tradition Pol Vandevelde and Arun Iyer Part II: Ancient Philosophy A. The Pre-Socratics 1. Parmenides or the Innerworldly Aspect of Being (Parmenides oder das Diesseits des Seins, 1988, Vol 7:1) 2. On the Divine in Early Greek Thinking (Uber das Gottliche im fruhen Denken der Griechen, 1970, Vol 6:9) B. Plato 3. Plato's Utopian Thinking: A Lecture for Philologists (Platos Denken in Utopien: Ein Vortrag vor Philologen, 1983, Vol 7:9) 4. Mathematics and Dialectic in Plato (Mathematik und Dialektik bei Plato, 1982, Vol 7:10) 5. Dialectic is not Sophistic Thinking: What Theaetetus Learns in The Sophist (Dialektik ist nicht Sophistik: Theatet lernt das im Sophistes, 1990, Vol 7:13) Part III: Modern Philosophy 6. Oetinger as a Philosopher (Oetinger als Philosoph, 1964, Vol 4:20) 7. Kant and the Question of God (Kant und die Gottesfrage, 1941, Vol 4:23) 8. Herder and the Historical World (Herder und die geschichtliche Welt, 1967, Vol 4:21) 9. Schleiermacher as a Platonist (Schleiermacher als Platoniker, 1969, Vol 4:25) 10. Hegel and Heraclitus (Hegel und Heraklit, 1990, Vol 7:2) 11. Hegel and the Historical Spirit (Hegel und der geschichtliche Geist, 1939, Vol 4:26) 12. Hegel and Heidelberg Romanticism (Hegel und die Heidelberger Romantik, 1961, Vol 4:27) Part IV: Bibliography A. Gadamer's Works in English 1. Books 2. Essays and Articles B. Selected Secondary Sources Index
