Letters to his Wife: 1915 - 1970ISBN: 978-0-7456-4136-2
Paperback
248 pages
February 2010, Polity
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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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