Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 13:57:18 +0100
From: artefact-AT-t-online.de (Michael Eldred)
Subject: Re: GA Bd. 18


Cologne 30-Nov-2002

Peter Danenberg schrieb Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:08:58 +0100:

> You guys are really on top of things -- even those fresh off the press.
> I'm considering it as a canditate for my dissertation, but indeed: it
> appears I'll have to digest no less than Aristotle's uvre.
>
> A snippet from Heidegger's interview with Richard Wisser* in 1969
> underscores, however, the peculiar position Aristotle enjoyed:
>
> "[...] sehe ich mich um in der Geschichte des Denkens, was ueber die Zeit
>
> gesagt ist, dann finde ich von Aristoteles an, da das Wesen der Zeit
> von einem schon bestimmten Sein her bestimmt ist.  Also: Der
> ueberlieferte Begriff der Zeit ist unbrauchbar."
>
> That Aristotle is singled out as the incipit of the "grosse
> Ueberlieferung" seems remarkable; and signifies, perhaps, a good place to
>
> start.
>
> * GA 16:702-710.  Also, "Von der Sache des Denkens," [Sound Recording].
> Der Hoerverlag, 2000.
>
> Best,
> Peter D.
>

Peter,

My recommendation to you would be to indeed take GA18 (and GA19) as core
for your dissertation project, no matter what it may be.

Since you already read German, you only have to start with Greek (if you
don't already know it).

Heidegger's thinking is originarily in Greek anyway, not German.
And his interpretations of Aristotle are brilliant -- the first thinker to
reopen Aristotle in two-and-a-half millennia.

Since all philosophy starts with Plato and Aristotle (and these two sources
are inexhaustible for understanding where we stand _today_), through
Heidegger's interpretations you are led straight to the heart of things.

Hegel's advice, too, was that there is no better place to start in
philosophy than with Aristotle.


Michael
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