Heidegger and Parmenides

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The provocations of Parmenides's texts for Heidegger's own project have long been alluded to, but seldom carefully considered. Likewise, Heidegger's quite original interpretations of Parmenides have typically been ignored. This welcome collection of essays by leading scholars-animated both by real philological rigor and genuine philosophical imagination-is rich with insights to be found in the bringing together these two figures. -- Dennis Schmidt, Western Sydney University, Australia Hemming and Turner's volume is not the first to address Heidegger's reading of Parmenides, but it is certainly the most comprehensive and philosophically ambitious volume that has yet appeared. It synthesizes much of the work that has gone before at the same time as it advances important reinterpretations of both Parmenides and Heidegger, as well as the relation between them. -- Jeff Malpas, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, University of Tasmania, Australia, and author of <i>Rethinking Dwelling: Heidegger, Place, Architecture</i> As this volume makes eminently clear, Heidegger maintained a serious and philologically rigorous engagement with Parmenides throughout his career. The essays in Heidegger and Parmenides open up fresh vistas on each of these thinkers, and on the crucial relationship between them. -- David Schur, Associate Professor of Classics, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA This excellent collection gathers essays by leading scholars to explore the significance of Parmenides for Heidegger. Philosophically and philologically attentive, it shows the range of Heidegger's engagement with Parmenides, beginning in the 1920s and extending to Heidegger's later thinking of Beyng. The collection will remain an important and comprehensive resource for anyone interested in Heidegger and the Greeks. -- Julia Ireland, Professor and Chair of German Studies and Philosophy, Whitman College, USA Laurence Hemming and Aaron Turner have gathered an international group of distinguished scholars to reflect on the importance of Parmenides for Heidegger's thinking. Hemming and Turner have been especially diligent in providing a thorough bibliography on Heidegger's involvement with Parmenides, which stretches from the 1920s to the end of Heidegger's life. The volume will be an important source for the growing number of scholars who recognise the importance of early Greek thinking in general, and Parmenides in particular, for Heidegger's 'other beginning.' -- David Krell, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, DePaul University, USA