Dimensions
129 x 198 x 14mm
Heidegger is one of the founders of contemporary philosophy, his work has influenced everyone from Gadamer to Derrida to Sartre and beyond - despite his ambiguous relationship with the Nazis.
'The Essence Of Truth' offers the most thorough explanation of the most fundamental and abiding theme in Heidegger's philosophy: the relationship of an individual's existence to truth.
Based on a course of lectures delivered at Freiburg in 1932, it analyses Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave' in The Republic and his Theaetetus, bringing to light the original meaning of philosophical concepts.
