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Gadamer, Hans-Georg (Translated by Robert M. Wallace) .
PLATO'S DIALECTICAL ETHICS: PHENOMENOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS RELATING TO THE "PHILEBUS".
New Haven, CT:
Yale University Press,
1991.
Hardcover.
First Edition/First Printing.
240 pages.
Fine/Fine.
The author's debut collection of essays on subject. One of the greatest philosophical texts of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English, a full sixty years after its first publication in Germany in 1931. Reveals the transcendent brilliance of Hans-Georg Gadamer, then only 31 years old, announcing, in effect, his appearance on the grand stage of European philosophy and culture. "One of the most extensive and imaginative interpretations of Plato's 'Philebus' and an ideal introduction to Gadamer's thinking. It shows how his influential hermeneutics emerged from the application of his teacher Martin Heidegger's phenomenological method to classical texts and problems" (Publisher's blurb). One of the best introductions to the work of possibly the greatest philosopher of the 20th century after Martin Heidegger. Some would go so far as to say that while Heidegger was profoundly original, it was Gadamer, who lived to be 102, who achieved true wisdom. A "must-have" title for Hans-Georg Gadamer collectors. This title has been out-of-print for a very long time. This is one of very few copies of the First English-language Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. A very scarce copy thus. One of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HANS-GEORG GADAMER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0300048076. $100.00 |
