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Focussing on Leibniz's principle: 'nothing is without reason', this book shows that the principle of reason is in fact a principle of being. It also contains discussions of language, translation, reason, objectivity, and technology - as well as readings of Leibniz, Kant, Aristotle, and Goethe.

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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.

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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

Table of Contents

Translator's Introduction
Foreword

Lecture Course

Lecture One
Lecture Two
Lecture Three
Lecture Four
Lecture Five
Lecture Six
Lecture Seven
Lecture Eight
Lecture Nine
Lecture Ten
Lecture Eleven
Lecture Twelve
Lecture Thirteen

Address
The Principle of Reason

Bibliographical Notes
Notes on the Translation
Glossaries

The Principle of Reason

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 22 January 1996
      ISBN-13 9780253210661
      978-0253210661
      ISBN-10 0253210666
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Focussing on Leibniz's principle: 'nothing is without reason', this book shows that the principle of reason is in fact a principle of being. It also contains discussions of language, translation, reason, objectivity, and technology - as well as readings of Leibniz, Kant, Aristotle, and Goethe.

      Trade Review

      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

      Table of Contents

      Translator's Introduction
      Foreword

      Lecture Course

      Lecture One
      Lecture Two
      Lecture Three
      Lecture Four
      Lecture Five
      Lecture Six
      Lecture Seven
      Lecture Eight
      Lecture Nine
      Lecture Ten
      Lecture Eleven
      Lecture Twelve
      Lecture Thirteen

      Address
      The Principle of Reason

      Bibliographical Notes
      Notes on the Translation
      Glossaries

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