[Helms]

Hey, hey! It sure was.In response to several of your postings which I read. I just finished "Heidegger's Children"( Arhendt, Marcuse, Lowith and others) by Richard Wolin which wastes no time debunking Heidegger. Heidegger studied under E. Husserl, a Jew, who eventually turned his back on his student. Reading Heidegger and reading about him turns my stomach. Basically Wolin draws a rather sickening portrait of the Magician from Messkirk. Heidder is still alive in France and German intellctual thought. Apparently a "meme" which dies hard.

[A. Pole]

Heidder is still alive in France and German intellctual thought. Apparently a "meme" which dies hard.

He is alive everywhere including America. One of the main pilosophers whether we like it or not.

[diotima]

You should also read Heidegger on Karl Schmitt, there is an essay in Habermas' "The New Conservativsm" but the name of the essay escapes me, I am away from my library.

Also, read some Husserl: The Crisis of the European Sciences is a good start. Husserl converted, I think.

Heidegger as a human being is disgusting. His philosophical work is important, however. Victor Farias' book on Heidegger and Nazism interesting as well. Once of the best seminars I took was on Heidegger, Schmitt and Nazism.