This volume consists of over one-hundred epistolary exchanges between Martin Heidegger and one of his earliest students, Karl Loewith, who became a renowned and accomplished philosopher in his own right. The letters span a period of just over fifty years and range from casual to philosophical in tone. The more philosophically oriented letters shed important light on the ideas and writings of both Heidegger and Loewith, while the more casual letters provide insight into Heidegger the teacher, the man, and the friend, as well as into Loewith the devoted but reflectively critical student. By providing previously untranslated materials, this volume contributes to a greater understanding of the lives and the work of these two crucially important philosophers. Additionally, through the various bibliographical and cultural details that are disclosed along the way, this volume contributes to a greater understanding of German intellectual and cultural history during the span of its most challenging and devastating years.

Beginning with an examination of the relationship between Hegel and Goethe, L?with discusses how Hegel's students, particularly Marx and Kierkegaard, interpreted----or reinterpreted----their master's thought, and proceeds with an in-depth assessment of the other important philosophers, from Feuerbach, Stirner, and Schelling to Nietzsche.

Written by a former student of Heidegger, this book examines the relationship between the philosophy and the politics of a celebrated teacher and the allure that Nazism held out for scholars committed to revolutionary nihilism.

Written by a former student of Heidegger, this book examines the relationship between the philosophy and the politics of a celebrated teacher and the allure that Nazism held out for scholars committed to revolutionary nihilism.

Gegenpol zur Philosophie der Aufklarung. Karl Loewith thematisiert in seinem Essay zur Geschichtsphilosophie die biblisch verheissene Erloesung der christlichen Menschheit. Schon unmittelbar nach der Veroeffentlichung 1949 und 1953 sorgte das Buch weltweit fur Furore. Angesichts der heute lebhaft gefuhrten Debatte um das "Ende der Geschichte" und die Thesen Fukuyamas hat Loewiths brillanter philosophischer Essay an Aktualitat nichts verloren.