These five essays on Hegel give the English-speaking reader a long-awaited opportunity to read the work of one of Germany's most distinguished philosophers, Hans-Georg Gadamer. Gadamer's unique hermeneutic method will have a lasting effect on Hegel studies.
These five essays on Hegel give the English-speaking reader a long-awaited opportunity to read the work of one of Germany's most distinguished philoso...
Hans-Georg Gadamer P. Christopher Smith P. Christopher Smith
One of this century's most important philosophers here focuses on Plato's Protagoras, Phaedo, Republic, and Philebus and on Aristotle's three moral treatises to show the essential continuity of Platonic and Aristotelian reflection on the nature of the good. "Well translated and usefully annotated by P. Christopher Smith.... Gadamer's book exhibits a broad and grand vision as well as a great love for the Greek thinkers."--Alexander Nehemas, New York Times Book Review"The translation is highly readable. The translator's introduction and frequent annotation provide...
One of this century's most important philosophers here focuses on Plato's Protagoras, Phaedo, Republic, and Philebus and on Aristotle's ...
What, precisely, does the word hermeneutics mean? And in what sense can one speak of the hermeneutics of original argument? In "The Hermeneutics of Original Argument, "P. Christopher Smith explores these questions in building upon Heidegger's hermeneutical thought. In applying Heidegger's basic notion that hermeneutics is not a doctrine of interpretation but is its actual execution, Christopher Smith penetrates the abstractions that conceal original argument and explores the structure and nature of argument as it originally occurs.
What, precisely, does the word hermeneutics mean? And in what sense can one speak of the hermeneutics of original argument? In "The Hermeneutics of Or...
What, precisely, does the word hermeneutics mean? And in what sense can one speak of the hermeneutics of original argument? In "The Hermeneutics of Original Argument, "P. Christopher Smith explores these questions in building upon Heidegger's hermeneutical thought. In applying Heidegger's basic notion that hermeneutics is not a doctrine of interpretation but is its actual execution, Christopher Smith penetrates the abstractions that conceal original argument and explores the structure and nature of argument as it originally occurs.
What, precisely, does the word hermeneutics mean? And in what sense can one speak of the hermeneutics of original argument? In "The Hermeneutics of Or...
