Being, Possibility and God: A Comparison of Herder and Heidegger

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction: The Essay on Being 1
6. Part I. Versuch über das Seyn, by Johann Gottfried Herder
7. Facsimile 19
8. Transcription 33
9. Annotated English Translation 55
10. Part II. Critical Essays
11. Herder’s Essay on Being 75
12. The Order of Being and the Order of Ideas: The Historical Context of Herder’s Essay on Being 89
13. Indivisible, Inexplicable, and the Center of All Certainty: Herder’s Concept of Being 108
14. The Metaphysical Foundation of Subjective Philosophy in Herder’s Essay on Being 119
15. Herder’s Kantian Critique of Kant on the Concept of Being 134
16. Attempting to Place the Essay on Being 151
17. Herder’s Early Neoplatonism 162
18. Being, Possibility and God: A Comparison of Herder and Heidegger 183
19. Bibliography 203
20. Notes on the Contributors 217
21. Index 221