Letters to his Wife: 1915 - 1970ISBN: 978-0-7456-4135-5
Hardcover
248 pages
September 2008, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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The Scientific and Medical Network
"Heidegger's letters to his wife are a revelation. They offer
privileged access to the innermost reaches of Heidegger's thought.
Moreover, here, perhaps for the first time, Heidegger the fallible
individual is fully on display. These fascinating letters reveal
Heidegger's exalted sense of the world-historical mission of
philosophy, as well as his own immodest estimation of his standing.
This rich correspondence should be required reading for anyone
interested in the vital intersection between biography and the
history of ideas."
Richard Wolin, City University of New York
"Can a philosopher’s life illuminate his thinking?
Heidegger is not encouraging, writing of Aristotle: 'He was born,
worked, and died.' Yet in these letters to Elfride, his thinking,
tribulations and passions bleed together, exploding any such
parsimony. They bear intimate witness to everyday life chez
Heidegger, and offer a riveting glimpse of an often unequal
struggle with his wife over the meaning of marriage, love and
truth."
David Wood, Vanderbilt University