William McNeill (born 1961) is Professor of

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Career and work

McNeill was educated at the

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, and he is now teaching

Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centur ...

at DePaul University. He is a translator of the work of

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centur ...

, about whom he has written two books. ''The Glance of the Eye'' (1999) closely examines the relation between Heidegger's thought and

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, in particular his relation to

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...

. ''The Time of Life'' (2006) is an examination of the implications of Heidegger's thought for

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

Bibliography

Books authored

*''The Fate of Phenomenology: Heidegger's Legacy'' (London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020). *''The Time of Life: Heidegger and Ethos'' (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006). *''The Glance of the Eye: Heidegger, Aristotle, and the Ends of Theory'' (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999).

Books edited

*''Continental Philosophy: An Anthology'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 1998). Co-edited with Karen Feldman.

Selected articles

*"A Wave in the Stream of Chaos: Life Beyond the Body in Heidegger's ''Nietzsche''," ''Philosophy Today'' 50 (2006): 156–61. *"The Time of ''Contributions to Philosophy''," in Charles E. Scott, Susan M. Schoenbohm, Daniela Vallega-Neu & Alejandro Vallega (eds.), ''Companion to Heidegger's Contributions to Philosophy'' (Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2001). *"A 'scarcely pondered word.' The Place of Tragedy: Heidegger, Aristotle,

Sophocles Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or co ...

," in Miguel de Beistegui & Simon Sparks (eds.), ''Philosophy and Tragedy'' (Minneapolis & Oxford: University of Minnesota Press, 2000). *"Care for the Self: Originary Ethics in Heidegger and Foucault," ''Philosophy Today'' 42 (1998): 53–64. *"The First Principle of Hermeneutics," in

Theodore Kisiel Theodore J. Kisiel (October 30, 1930 – December 25, 2021),VIAF"Kisiel, Theodore J."/ref> Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of philosophy at Northern Illinois University, was a well-known translator of and commentator on the works of Mart ...

& John van Buren (eds.), ''Reading Heidegger from the Start: Essays in His Earliest Thought'' (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994). *"Spirit's Living Hand," in David Wood (ed.), ''Of Derrida, Heidegger, and Spirit'' (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1993). *"Metaphysics, Fundamental Ontology, Metontology," ''Heidegger Studies'' 8 (1992): 63–79. *"Porosity: Violence and the Question of Politics in Heidegger's ''Introduction to Metaphysics''," ''Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal'' 14, 2–15, 1 (1991): 183–212.

Heidegger translations

*''Pathmarks'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998). '' Gesamtausgabe'', vol. 9. *''

Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister" ''Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister"'' (german: Hölderlins Hymne »Der Ister«) is the title given to a lecture course delivered by German philosopher Martin Heidegger at the University of Freiburg in 1942. It was first published in 1984 as volume 53 ...

'' (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996). With Julia Davis. ''Gesamtausgabe'', vol. 53. *''The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude'' (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995). With Nicholas Walker. ''Gesamtausgabe'', vol. 29/30. *''The Concept of Time'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 1992). From ''Gesamtausgabe'', vol. 64.

References

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