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The Principle of Reason (Studies in Continental Thought)

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This is an essential series of lectures to understand the importance of science and specifically of Leibniz's principle of sufficient reason in Heidegger's later thought. It provides the basis for any inquiry into technology which, in Heidegger's thought, is the latest development of scientific metaphysics. It is also the basis for recent studies of law like Roger Berkowitz's The Gift of Science: Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition.

a pretty good exploration of heidegger's later thought, and it doesn't quite come from out of left field like "contributions"... a lot of the groundwork for this piece was laid previously but is a fairly concise statement on the grounding nature of reason, and his exegesis along the path on which the thinking of reason as a question of being brings together some elements not explicitly brought into play in the same space prior to this lecture series.

I have purchased and read this book. In my opinion the very title was relished!: Why must there always be a reason for something? and on/in what grounds does the principle of reason lie? Indeed for anything whatsoever? "Why the why?" Cool subject for me! My 4 year old copy is dog-eared and scribbled on. Those who have purchased this book surely will agree when I say that there are a great many gleanings to be had from this digestible and erudite work. A very satisifying book.