Frankfurt: Vittorio Klostermann, 1950. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2353043

Boards soiled, bottom corner bruised, edges and boards foxed, pages lightly toned. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.

345 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles. German text. For Heidegger, 'dead ends' (Holzwege) refer to paths of thought that lead nowhere, often representing the cul-de-sacs of traditional metaphysics that fail to understand the true nature of Being. Heideggerian thought emphasizes Being-toward-death (anticipation of mortality) as a necessary condition for an authentic existence and understanding. Heidegger argued that traditional metaphysics - viewing beings only as objects - is a "dead end" because it focuses on beings (Seiende) while forgetting Being itself (Sein). The concept of 'dead ends' is a key metaphor for Heidegger, symbolizing efforts to comprehend existence that fail or become blocked, forcing a return to the true question of Being. In Heidegger's larger and most influential work, Being and Time (Sein und Zeit), the analysis of objects (tools) is considered a "dead end" if it only describes objects in a scientific sense, failing to reveal their meaningfulness within the world. Heidegger's body of work often suggests that his own philosophical journey required traversing these dead ends to finally understand the nature of Ereignis (event/appropriation).

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