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In article <1992Aug19.161512.27386@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
feld@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Michael Feld) writes:

COO:
>>  However, I see no justification, on the other hand, to your second
>>claim when compared to the first.   I think that you will have to 
>>select which you feel is more adequate.  If you select the first, 
>>I am all ears as to how you can arrive at Nazism from his text--even
>>Derrida, whose methods may be questionable, failed to convience me of 
>>anything on this regard.  If you select the latter, you have to
>>be careful when thinking of God in this way.  There is always the
>>issue of time which puts forth a significant stumbling block to those
>>who would like to reduce _Sein und Zeit_ to a simple theological 
>>treatise.  However, to maintain both propositions simulatneously seems
>>undeniably absurd.

I an puzzled by your claim, especially since the compatibility of
Nazism with Christianity was claimed by Hitler in _Mein Kampf_, while
the compatibility of Crhistianity with Nazism was claimed by the vast
majority of German clerics of the period.


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>>Charles O. Onstott, III  Account at Oklahoma State University for summer.
>>Graduate Student in Religious Studies           onstott@a.cs.okstate.edu
>>University of Chicago
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------

MF:
>Before I try to meet this legitimate challenge (that is, risk making
>(more of) a public spectacle of myself), let me just check on one
>crucial point:
>
>I take it that we all agree that Heidegger was a Nazi for a
>significant portion of his Professorial career?  So the challenge is
>to show either the compatibility of _Sein & Zeit_ with Nazism, or that
>the text is itself nazi-istic?  Failing that initial understanding,
>I've no inclination to play.

I agree with Michael's claim, and refer all interested parties to
Victor Farias' book _Heidegger et le Nazisme_.  I further state that
te facile response to Charles' challenge consists in observing that
the ethos of authenticity resolves into that of sincerity, recently
described by me at some length elsewhere.  Thus the least charge that
can be made with respect to Heidegger, is that his metaphysics
precludes a priori any principled opposition to Nazism.  Having said
that, I defer to Michael for more profound observations on the same
subject.

>-- 
>Michael Feld                         | E-mail:  <feld@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
>Dept. of Philosophy                  | FAX:     (204) 261-0021
>University of Manitoba               | Voice:   (204) 474-9136
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cordially,
mikhail zeleny@husc.harvard.edu
"Nous donnons la mort, nous saurons la subir."