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Walter A. Brogan’s long-awaited book exploring Heidegger’s phenomenological reading of Aristotle’s philosophy places particular emphasis on the Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics, and Rhetoric. Controversial and challenging, Heidegger and Aristotle claims that it is Heidegger’s sustained thematic focus and insight that governs his overall reading of Aristotle, namely, that Aristotle, while attempting to remain faithful to the Parmenidean dictum regarding the oneness and unity of being, nevertheless thinks of being as twofold. Brogan offers a careful and detailed analysis of several of the most important of Heidegger’s treatises on Aristotle, including his assertion that Aristotle’s twofoldness of being has been ignored or misread in the traditional substance-oriented readings of Aristotle. This groundbreaking study contributes immensely to the scholarship of a growing community of ancient Greek scholars engaged in phenomenological approaches to the reading and understanding of Aristotle.
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A VOLUME IN THE SUNY SERIES IN CONTEMPORARY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY
Walter A. Brogan
Heidegger and Aristotle
The Twofoldness of Being
Heidegger and Aristotle
SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy Dennis J. Schmidt, editor
Heidegger and Aristotle The Twofoldness of Being
Walter A. Brogan
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2005 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 194 Washington Avenue, Suite 305, Albany, NY 12210–2384 Production by Kelli Williams Marketing by Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brogan, Walter, 1945– Heidegger and Aristotle: the twofoldness of being / Walter A. Brogan. p. cm. — (SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-7914-6491-1 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Heidegger, Martin, 1899–1976. 2. Aristotle. 3. Ontology—History. I. Title. II. Series. b3279.h49b743 2005 193—dc22 2004024570
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For my mother, Lillian Berry Brogan
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contents
Acknowledgments Preface
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Chapter 1 Martin Heidegger’s Relationship to Aristotle Heidegger’s Phenomenological Reading of Aristotle What It Means to Read Aristotle as a Phenomenologist The Lost Manuscript: An Introduction to Heidegger’s Interpretation of Aristotle
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Chapter 2 The Doubling of Phusis: Aristotle’s View of Nature The Meaning of Phusis Heidegger’s Ontological Interpretation of Movement in Aristotle’s Philosophy The Phenomenology of Seeing and the Recognition of Movement as the Being of Beings The Meaning of Cause in Natural Beings: Heidegger’s Rejection of Agent Causality Ontological Movement and the Constancy of Beings Phusis as the Granting of Place: Change and the Place of Beings The Complex Relationship of Phusis and Techn¯e The Horizon for Understanding Phusis: The Meaning of Ousia
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Chapter 3 The Destructuring of the Tradition Aristotle’s Confrontation with Antiphon
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Elemental Being (Stoicheia): Aristotle’s Conception of Ontological Difference The Meaning of Eternal (Aidion) and Its Relation to Limit (Peras) The Necessity Belonging to Beings (Anangk¯e) and the Possibility of Violence The Law of Non-