Interpretation of Nietzsche's Second Untimely Meditation

Martin Heidegger, Mark Sinclair, Ullrich Haase

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Martin Heidegger's Nietzsche's Second Untimely Meditation presents crucial elements for understanding Heidegger's thinking from 1936 to 1940. Heidegger offers a radically different reading of a text that he had read decades earlier, showing how his relationship with Nietzche's has changed, as well as how his understandings of the differences between animals and humans, temporality and history, and the Western philosophical tradition developed. With his new reading, Heidegger delineates three Nietzschean modes of history, which should be understood as grounded in the structure of temporality or historicity and also offers a metaphysical determination of life and the essence of humankind. Ullrich Hasse and Mark Sinclair offer a clear and accessible translation despite the fragmentary and disjointed quality of the original lecture notes that comprise this text.

Translators' Introduction
A. Preliminary Remarks
1. Remarks Preliminary to the Exercises
2. Title
3. The Appearance of our Endeavours

B. Section I. Structure. Preparation and Preview of the Guiding Question.
Historiology—Life
4. Historiology—The Historical
On the Unhistorical/Supra-historical and the Relation to Both
5. Section I. 1
6. Section I. 2
7. Section I
8. Comparing
9. The Determination of the Essence of the Human Being on the Basis of Animality
and the Dividing Line between Animal and Human Being
10. Nietzsche's Procedure. On the Determination of the Historical
from the Perspective of Forgetting and Remembering
11. 'Forgetting'—'Remembering'. The Question of 'Historiology' as the
Question of the 'Human Being'. The Course of our Inquiry. One Path among Others.
12. Questions Relating to Section I
13. Forgetting
14. Nietzsche on Forgetting
15. 'Forgetting' and 'Remembering'
16. Historiology and 'the' Human Being
17. 'The Human Being'. 'Culture'. The 'People' and 'Genius'
18. Culture—Non-Culture, Barbarism
19. Human Being and Culture and the People
20. Nietzsche's Concept of 'Culture'
21. The Formally General Notion of 'Culture'. 'Culture' and 'Art'
22. 'The' Human Being and a Culture—a 'People'
23. 'Art' (and Culture)
24. Genius in Schopenhauer
25. The People and Great Individuals
26. Great Individuals as the Goal of 'Culture', of the People, of Humanity
27. 'Worldview' and Philosophy

C. Section II. The Three Modes of Historiology 1. Monumental Historiology
28. The Question of the Essence of 'the Historical',
i.e. of the Essence of Historiology
29. Section II. Structure (7 Paragraphs)

D. Section III
30. The Essence of Antiquarian Historiology
31. Critical Historiology

E. Nietzsche's Three Modes of Historiology and the Question of Historical Truth
32. 'Life'
33. 'Life'. Advocates, Defamers of Life
34. Historiology and Worldview
35. How is the Historical Determined?
36. The Belonging Together of the three Modes of Historiology and Historical Truth
37. The Three Modes of Historiology as Modes of the Remembering Relation to the Past
38. Section II

F. The Human Being. Historiology and History. Temporality
39. Historiology—the Human Being—History (Temporality)
40. The Historical and the Unhistorical

G. 'Historiology'. Historiology and History. Historiology and the Unhistorical
41. 'The Unhistorical'
42. The Un-historical
43. The Un-historical
44. History and Historiology
45. Nietzsche as 'Historian'
46. Historiology and History
47. 'Historiology'
48. History and Historiology

H. Section IV
49. On Section IV ff., Hints
50. Section IV
51. Section IV (Paragraphs 1-6)

I. Section V
52. Section V
53. Section V, Divided into Five Parts
54. Oversaturation with Historiology and with Knowledge Generally

J. Concerning Section V and VI: Truth. 'Justice'. 'Objectivity'. Horizon.
55. Life—'Horizon'
56. Objectivity and 'Horizon'
57. Justice
58. Justice—Truth
59. Life—and Horizon
60. Beings as a Whole—the Human Being
61. 'Truth' and the 'True'
62. The True and Truth
63. Truth and the Human Being
64. Will (Drive) to 'Truth'
65. Nietzsche on the 'Will to Truth'

K. On Sections V and VI. Historiology and Science (Truth). (cf. J. Truth. 'Justice'. 'Objectivity'. Horizon)
66. The Human Being—The Gods
67. Why the Primacy of 'Science' in Historiology?
68. 'Positivism'
69. Historiology
70. Historiology and Science
71. The Impact of Historiology on the Past
72. Truth
73. Historiology as Science
74. 'Historiology' and 'Perspective' and 'Objectivity'

L. Section VI (Justice and Truth)
75. Section VI
76. Section VI (Paras. 1-7)
77. 'Objectivity' and 'Justice'
78. On the Structure of Section VI as a Whole
79. Nietzsche's Question of a 'Higher Justice'
80. Morality and Metaphysics
81. Justice—Truth—Objectivity—Life
82. Justice as 'Virtue'
83. Justice—Truth
84. Truth and Art (Cognition)
85. On Nietzsche's Treatise "On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense"
86. Truth and 'Intellect'—Justice
87. Truth and 'Intellect'
88. Nietzsche's Conception of Truth
(Determined from the Ground Up by Western Metaphysics)
89. Justice and Truth
90. Truth, and Science Conditioned by Worldview
91. Truth and Science
92. Historiology Science Truth—Justice

M. Nietzsche's Metaphysics
93. Nietzsche's Metaphysics
94. 'Life' in the Two Senses of World and Human Being

N. 'Life'
95. Nietzsche's Projection of Beings as a Whole
and of the Human Being as 'Life'
96. Disposition
97. Recapitulation According to the Basic Questions
98. Concluding Remark
99. Nietzsche's Early Characterisation of his own Thinking
as 'Inversion of Platonism'
100. 'Life' (ego vivo)
101. The Philosophical Concept
102. On the Critical Meditation
103. Decisive Questioning
104. 'Life'

O. The Question of the Human Being: 'Language'. 'Happiness'. Language (cf. 15, 'Forgetting' and 'Remembering')
105. Language as Use and Using-Up of Words
106. Word and Meaning
107. 'Happiness' and Da-Sein
108. 'Happiness'

P. The Fundamental Stance of the Second Untimely Meditation
109. The Guiding Demand of the Meditation
110. Guiding Stance
111. Concept Formation in Philosophy and the Sciences
112. 'Life'
113. 'Life'
114. 'Life'
115. Nietzsche's Fundamental Experience of 'life' and Opposition to 'Darwinism'
116. Life
117. 'Life'
118. 'Life'
119. 'Life'
120. 'Life'
121. 'Life'
122. Life and 'adaptation'
123. Life—Health and Truth
124. Life as 'Dasein'
125. 'Life' and 'Death'

Q. Animality and Life. Animal—. The 'Living Body'. cf. Lectures of Winter Semester 1929/30
126. Milieu and Environment (World)
127. Soul—Living Body—Body
128. Embodying
129. The Animal has Memory
130. Animal (Questions)
131. Delimitation of the Essence of 'Life' (Animality)
132. Animality

R. The Differentiation of Human Being and Animal
133. The Un-historical and the Historical
134. The Unhistorical—(of the Human Being)
135. Animal and Human Being

S. 'Privation'
136. What Happens to us as 'Privation'
137. 'Privation'—Inter-ruption

T. Structure and Composition of the Second Untimely Meditation
138. On the Advantages and Disadvantages of History for Life

Addenda
I. Seminar Reports
II. Summary by Hermann Heidegger
III. Editorial Postscript

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Métaphysique
• PHILOSOPHY
• Philosophie et théologie
• Metaphysics
• Continental

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• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 12 septembre 2016
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• EAN13: 9780253023155
• Langue: English

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Interpretation of Nietzsche s Second Untimely Meditation
Studies in Continental Thought
EDITOR
JOHN SALLIS
CONSULTING EDITORS
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Martin Heidegger
Interpretation of Nietzsche s Second Untimely Meditation
Translated by
Ullrich Haase and Mark Sinclair
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Title: Interpretation of Nietzsche s Second untimely meditation / Martin Heidegger ; translated by Ullrich Haase and Mark Sinclair.
Other titles: Zur Auslegung von Nietzsches II. Unzeitgem?asser Betrachtung, Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie f?ur das Leben. English
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Subjects: LCSH: History-Philosophy. | Metaphysics. | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie f?ur das Leben. | Philosophy, German-19th century. | Philosophy, German-20th century.
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CONTENTS
Translators Introduction
A. PRELIMINARY REMARKS
1.
Remarks Preliminary to the Exercises
2.
Title
3.
The Appearance of our Endeavors
B. SECTION I Structure. Preparation and Preview of the Guiding Question. Historiology-Life
4.
Historiology-The Historical On the Unhistorical/Suprahistorical and the Relation to Both
5.
Section I. 1
6.
Section I. 2
7.
Section I
8.
Comparing
9.
The Determination of the Essence of the Human Being on the Basis of Animality and the Dividing Line between Animal and Human Being
10.
Nietzsche s Procedure. On the Determination of the Historical from the Perspective of Forgetting and Remembering
11.
Forgetting - Remembering. The Question of Historiology as the Question of the Human Being. The Course of Our Inquiry. One Path among Others.
12.
Questions Relating to Section I
13.
Forgetting
14.
Nietzsche on Forgetting
15.
Forgetting and Remembering
16.
Historiology and the Human Being
17.
The Human Being. Culture. The People and Genius
18.
Culture-Nonculture, Barbarism
19.
Human Being and Culture and the People
20.
Nietzsche s Concept of Culture
21.
The Formally General Notion of Culture. Culture and Art
22.
The Human Being and a Culture-A People
23.
Art (and Culture)
24.
Genius in Schopenhauer
25.
The People and Great Individuals
26.
Great Individuals as the Goal of Culture, of the People, of Humanity
27.
Worldview and Philosophy
C. SECTION II The Three Modes of Historiology 1. Monumental Historiology
28.
The Question of the Essence of the Historical, That Is, of the Essence of Historiology
29.
Section II. Structure (Seven Paragraphs)
D. SECTION III
30.
The Essence of Antiquarian Historiology
31.
Critical Historiology
E. NIETZSCHE S THREE MODES OF HISTORIOLOGY AND THE QUESTION OF HISTORICAL TRUTH
32.
Life
33.
Life. Advocates, Defamers of Life
34.
Historiology and Worldview
35.
How is the Historical Determined?
36.
The Belonging Together of the Three Modes of Historiology and Historical Truth
37.
The Three Modes of Historiology as Modes of the Remembering Relation to the Past
38.
Section II
F. THE HUMAN BEING HISTORIOLOGY AND HISTORY. TEMPORALITY
39.
Historiology-The Human Being-History (Temporality)
40.
The Historical and the Unhistorical
G. HISTORIOLOGY Historiology and History. Historiology and the Unhistorical
41.
The Unhistorical
42.
The Un-historical
43.
The Un-historical
44.
History and Historiology
45.
Nietzsche as Historian
46.
Historiology and History
47.
Historiology
48.
History and Historiology
H. SECTION IV
49.
On Section IV Onward, Hints
50.
Section IV
51.
Section IV (Paras. 1-6)
I. SECTION V
52.
Section V
53.
Section V, Divided into Five Parts
54.
Oversaturation with Historiology and with Knowledge Generally
J. CONCERNING SECTIONS V AND VI Truth. Justice. Objectivity. Horizon
55.
Life- Horizon
56.
Objectivity and Horizon
57.
Justice
58.
Justice-Truth
59.
Life-and Horizon
60.
Beings as a Whole-The Human Being
61.
Truth and the True
62.
The True and Truth
63.
Truth and the Human Being
64.
Will (Drive) to Truth
65.
Nietzsche on the Will to Truth
K. ON SECTIONS V AND VI Historiology and Science (Truth) (cf. J. Truth Justice Objectivity Horizon)
66.
The Human Being-The Gods
67.
Why the Primacy of Science in Historiology?
68.
Positivism
69.
Historiology
70.
Historiology and Science
71.
The Impact of Historiology on the Past
72.
Truth
73.
Historiology as Science
74.
Historiology and Perspective and Objectivity
L. SECTION VI (Justice and Truth)
75.
Section VI
76.
Section VI (Paras. 1-7)
77.
Objectivity and Justice
78.
On the Structure of Section VI as a Whole
79.
Nietzsche s Question of a Higher Justice
80.
Morality and Metaphysics
81.
Justice-Truth-Objectivity-Life
82.
Justice as Virtue
83.
Justice-Truth
84.
Truth and Art (Cognition)
85.
On Nietzsche s Treatise On Truth and Lies in an Extramoral Sense
86.
Truth and Intellect -Justice
87.
Truth and Intellect
88.
Nietzsche s Conception of Truth (Determined from the Ground up by Western Metaphysics)
89.
Justice and Truth
90.
Truth and Science Conditioned by Worldview
91.
Truth and Science
92.
Historiology Science Truth-Justice
M. NIETZSCHE S METAPHYSICS
93.
Nietzsche s Metaphysics
94.
Life in the Two Senses of World and Human Being
N. LIFE
95.
Nietzsche s Projection of Beings as a Whole and of the Human Being as Life
96.
Disposition
97.
Recapitulation According to the Basic Questions
98.
Concluding Remark
99.
Nietzsche s Early Characterization of His Own Thinking as Inversion of Platonism
100.
Life ( ego vivo )
101.
The Philosophical Concept
102.
On the Critical Meditation
103.
Decisive Questioning
104.
Life
O. THE QUESTION OF THE HUMAN BEING: Language. Happiness. Language (cf. 15, Forgetting and Remembering )
105.
Language as Use and Using-Up of Words
106.
Word and Meaning
107.
Happiness and Da-Sein
108.
Happiness
P. THE FUNDAMENTAL STANCE OF THE SECOND UNTIMELY MEDITATION
109.
The Guiding Demand of the Meditation
110.
Guiding Stance
111.
Concept Formation in Philosophy and the Sciences
112.
Life
113.
Life
114.
Life
115.
Nietzsche s Fundamental Experience of Life and Opposition to Darwinism
116.
Life
117.
Life
118.
Life
119.
Life
120.
Life
121.
Life
122.
Life and Adaptation
123.
Life-Health and Truth
124.
Life as Dasein
125.
Life and Death
Q. ANIMALITY AND LIFE. Animal- . (The Living Body. cf. Lectures of Winter Semester 1929/30)
126.
Milieu and Environment (World)
127.
Soul-Living Body-Body
128.
Embodying
129.
The Animal Has Memory
130.
Animal (Questions)
131.
Delimitation of the Essence of Life (Animality)
132.
Animality
R. THE DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN BEING AND ANIMAL
133.
The Un-historical and the Historical
134.
The Unhistorical-(of the Human Being)
135.
Animal and Human Being
S. PRIVATION
136.
What Happens to us as Privation
137.
Privation -Inter-ruption
T. STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE SECOND UNTIMELY MEDITATION
138.
On the Advantages and Disadvantages of History for Life
ADDENDA
I.
Seminar Reports
II.
Summary by Hermann Heidegger
Editorial Postscript
T RANSLATORS I NTRODUCTION
This volume is a translation of Martin Heidegger s notes for a weekly seminar on Nietzsche s second Untimely Meditation, On the Advantages and Disadvantages of History for Life (1874), held in the winter semester 1938-1939 in Freiburg. These notes were first published in German in 2003 as volume 46 of the Gesamtausgabe ( GA - Complete Edition ) of Heidegger s work. Although the notes were originally supposed to form the basis of seminar exercises, the number of students actually present meant they were delivered in the form of lectures, and this seems to be one reason why Heidegger chose to have the notes appear in the second division of the Gesamtausgabe , which contains his lecture courses, rather than in the fourth division containing notes and recordings.