“Unlike the course he offered on the same subject five years earlier, Heidegger’s 1941 lectures on Schelling’s ‘freedom treatise’ demonstrate his decisive break from ‘metaphysics,’ including German idealism, and allow us to see more clearly the radical reorientation of his later thought. No less fascinating is the large portion of the present volume devoted to an interpretation of Kierkegaard’s concept of existence and its relation to the (so-called) ‘existentialism’ of Being and Time. This excellent translation is a must-read for students and scholars alike.”
Taylor Carman, Barnard College
“Heidegger’s lecture course from 1941 not only attempts a new interpretation of Schelling’s essay on the essence of human freedom, extending his 1936 treatment of that same text, but contains a wealth of material on Heidegger’s ongoing reflections on the history of metaphysics and an important series of elucidations of Being and Time. This careful and sensitive translation will not only be of great interest to scholars of German Idealism, but is essential reading for anyone following Heidegger’s own philosophical development.”
William McNeill, DePaul University
“Unlike the course he offered on the same subject five years earlier, Heidegger’s 1941 lectures on Schelling’s ‘freedom treatise’ demonstrate his decisive break from ‘metaphysics,’ including German idealism, and allow us to see more clearly the radical reorientation of his later thought. No less fascinating is the large portion of the present volume devoted to an interpretation of Kierkegaard’s concept of existence and its relation to the (so-called) ‘existentialism’ of Being and Time. This excellent translation is a must-read for students and scholars alike.”
Taylor Carman, Barnard College
“Heidegger’s lecture course from 1941 not only attempts a new interpretation of Schelling’s essay on the essence of human freedom, extending his 1936 treatment of that same text, but contains a wealth of material on Heidegger’s ongoing reflections on the history of metaphysics and an important series of elucidations of Being and Time. This careful and sensitive translation will not only be of great interest to scholars of German Idealism, but is essential reading for anyone following Heidegger’s own philosophical development.”
William McNeill, DePaul University