Heidegger And Aristotle: The Twofoldness Of Being (s U N Y Series In Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

A VOLUME IN THE SUNY SERIES IN CONTEMPORARY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY Walter A. Brogan Heidegger and Aristotle The Twofoldness of Being 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 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my mother, Lillian Berry Brogan Heidegger and Aristotle This page intentionally left blank. contents Acknowledgments Preface ix xi 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 1 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 21 Chapter 3 The Destructuring of the Tradition Aristotle’s Confrontation with Antiphon 57 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-Contradiction viii • contents The Difference Between Being and Beings The Method of Aristotle’s Thought The Path of Aristotle’s Thought: The Twofoldness of Phusis Aristotle’s Hylomorphic Theory The Way of Logos in the Discovery of Phusis Genesis and Ster¯esis: The Negation at the Heart of Being Chapter 4 The Force of Being Aristotle’s Resolution of the Aporia of Early Greek Philosophy The Rejection of the Categorial Sense of Being as the Framework for Understanding of Being as Force The Non-Categorial Meaning of Logos in Connection with Being as Dunamis: Force in Relationship to Production Aristotle’s Confrontation with the Megarians: The Way of Being-Present of Force The Connection Between Force and Perception: The Capability of Disclosing Beings as Such Chapter 5 Heidegger and Aristotle: An Ontology of Human Dasein Dasein and the Question of Practical Life Sein und Zeit a