The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude

ñIn this text, which is crucial to understanding the transition from HeideggerÍs earlier to his later thinking, readers will find a helpful overview of HeideggerÍs conception of metaphysics . . . a brilliant phenomenological analysis of boredom . . . an investigation of the essence of life and animality . . . and an analysis of the structure of the propositional statement . . . î „Review of Metaphysics

ñThis authoritative translation is essential to any Heidegger collection.î „ Choice

ñWhoever thought that Heidegger . . . has no surprises left in him had better read this new volume. If its rhetoric is ïhard and heavyÍ its thought is even harder and essentially more daring than Heideggerians ever imagined Heidegger could be.î „David Farrell Krell

ñThis is an important addition to the translations of HeideggerÍs lecture- courses . . .î „International Philosophical Quarterly

This work, the text of Martin HeideggerÍs lecture course of 1929/30, is crucial for an understanding of HeideggerÍs transition from the major work of his early years, ¸Being and Time, to his later preoccupations with language, truth, and history.