The search for an ethics rooted in human experience is the crux of this deeply compassionate work, here translated from the 1983 German edition. Distinguished philosopher Werner Marx provides a close reading, critique, and Weiterdenken , or "further thinking," of Martin Heidegger's later work on death, language, and poetry, which has often been dismissed as both obscure and obscurantist. In it Marx seeks, and perhaps finds, both a measure for distinguishing between good and evil and a motive for preferring the former. The ...
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The search for an ethics rooted in human experience is the crux of this deeply compassionate work, here translated from the 1983 German edition. Distinguished philosopher Werner Marx provides a close reading, critique, and Weiterdenken , or "further thinking," of Martin Heidegger's later work on death, language, and poetry, which has often been dismissed as both obscure and obscurantist. In it Marx seeks, and perhaps finds, both a measure for distinguishing between good and evil and a motive for preferring the former. The poet H???lderlin posed the question, "Is there a measure on earth?" His own answer was emphatic, "There is none," for he was convinced that the measure for man was to be found only in the domain of the heavenly beings. Such metaphysical assumptions, as well as the attempt to found ethical conduct in the nature of man as a rational being, have been rejected by many contemporary thinkers, particularly Heidegger. Yet these thinkers have not been able to provide a satisfactory alternative to metaphysical foundations of the standards for responsible human conduct. Marx, therefore, goes beyond Heidegger in demonstrating how several of his most basic notions could be relevant to a secular morality in our age. It is death, Marx claims, that unsettles man and transforms his conduct toward his fellow man. the common experience of mortality nourishes ethical life--and leads to the measures of compassion, love, and recognition of one's fellow human beings. "It is only on the basis of these 'traditional virtues, '" Marx writes, "that we can find a motive for averting the impending dangers which have often enough been described so vividly and convincingly."
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Very Good. 1987. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Several tears across edges of jacket, two at rear covered by tape. Small puncture to front jacket panel along joint. Else fine. A sound copy with clean internals. Very Good. (Subject: Philosophy).
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0226509214. Translated from the German by Thomas J. Nenon and Reginald Lilly. First printing thus. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 0226509214.
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Minor rubbing. An ink mark to top page-edge. VG., dustwrapper. 22x15cm, xii, 172 pp, In a rubbed and torn dustwrapper. Contents: Is There a Measure on Earth? The Measure for Responsible Action"; The 'Sphere' for the Measure Surmounting Subjectivism"; Death and the Mortals; Death and Language; The Measure for 'Seinsgeschicklich' Thinking"; The Measure for Poetry.
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