D3U@PSUVM.BITNET (03/13/85)
The article"Wittgenstein 001" mentions a secondary source for understanding
Heidegger's philosophy. The article was posted to several groups, and I have
relevant references for them.
As a secondary source George Steiner's book is good. I think it's called
"Martin Heidegger".
Another secondary source is the couple pages on Heidegger and existential phe
nomenology in Monroe C. Beardsley's book "Aesthetics from Classical Greece to
the Present: A Short History", which is not so short (the relevant material is
around pages 370 to 376).
Books by Heidegger include:
"Being and Time", his most famous
"Poetry, Language, Thought" a collection of material on art, culture, free-
dom, articulation, etc.
"On the Way to Language" These books deal with different
"The Question Concerning Technology" kinds of thinking and with human
"Discourse on Thinking" and technologic interest.
"Existence and Being" gets to all the topics mentioned for all the ones
listed already. You can try this if you prefer to
set aside Being and Time.
"Neitzsche" vols. I-IV The third volume has not yet been translated, was
originally divided into only two volumes. Excellent
for someone familiar with Neitzsche, Kant, etc.
I think that this bibliography is a good course on Heidegger and
that these books are easier to understand, for the most part. A good bit of
Being and Time may be difficult for the neophyte, but some later sections
are surprisingly easy. "Poetr, Language, Thought" may be a good introduction.
However, Heidegger uses a lot of hyphenated expressions that mean what they
look like they should mean, yet are technical terms of particular significance.
This language may make "Discourse on Thinking" seem more exotic than it is.
"Existence and Being" explains the terms more clearly.
Ray