Otto Pöggeler (12 December 1928 in Attendorn – 10 December 2014) was a German

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. He specialized in

phenomenology Phenomenology may refer to: Art * Phenomenology (architecture), based on the experience of building materials and their sensory properties Philosophy * Phenomenology (Peirce), a branch of philosophy according to Charles Sanders Peirce (1839� ...

and commenting on

Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. His work covers a range of topics including metaphysics, art, and language. In April ...

. In 1963 he authored the acclaimed ''Martin Heidegger’s Path of Thinking'', one of the first rigorous attempts at tracing the development of Heidegger's thought. He also published a study of poetry of Paul Celan, and was director of the Hegel-Archiv at the Ruhr University in Bochum.

Life and work

Otto Pöggeler completed his

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

at the Rivius-Gymnasium in his hometown of Attendorn. He studied philosophy and in 1955 earned his doctorate (Dr. phil.) in German studies at the

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

under Johannes Hoffmeister with a dissertation on ''Hegels Kritik der Romantik'' (expanded edition published in Munich, 1999). In 1966, he completed his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

in philosophy at the

University of Heidelberg Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (; ), is a public university, public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is List ...

under

Hans-Georg Gadamer Hans-Georg Gadamer (; ; 11 February 1900 – 13 March 2002) was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 on hermeneutics, '' Truth and Method'' (''Wahrheit und Methode''). Life Family and early life Gad ...

and began teaching there as a lecturer. His habilitation thesis on ''Hegels Jugendschriften und die Idee einer Phänomenologie des Geistes'' was partially published by him (''Hegels Idee einer Phänomenologie des Geistes'', 1973; Hegel-Studien).

Bibliography

* ''Martin Heidegger's Path of Thinking'' (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Science), translated by Daniel Magurshak and Sigmund Barber, 1987 * ''The Paths of Heidegger's Life and Thought'' (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences), translated by John Bailiff, 1997 * ''Hegels Kritik der Romantik''. 1956. 2. überarbeitete Auflage. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München 1999, * ''Der Denkweg Martin Heideggers''. Neske, Pfullingen 1963, 2. Auflage 1983. 3., erw. Auflage 1990, 4., erw. Auflage 1994. (Übersetzungen in die meisten europäisch-amerikanischen und ostasiatischen Sprachen; u. a. Koreanisch: Seoul 1993; Chinesisch: Peking 1994) * ''Philosophie und Politik bei Heidegger''. Alber, Freiburg / München 1972, 2. Auflage 1974. * ''Hegels Idee einer Phänomenologie des Geistes''. Alber, Freiburg / München 1973, 2. Auflage 1993. * Hrsg.: ''Hegel. Einführung in seine Philosophie''. Kolleg Philosophie. Alber, Freiburg / München 1977. * ''Heidegger und die hermeneutische Philosophie''. Alber, Freiburg / München 1983. (Italienisch: Napoli 1994) * ''Die Frage nach der Kunst. Von Hegel zu Heidegger.'' Alber, Freiburg / München 1984. * Hrsg.: ''Heidegger. Perspektiven zur Deutung seines Werks''. 1984. 3., ergänzte Auflage 1994. Beltz Athenäum, Weinheim 1984. * ''Spur des Worts. Zur Lyrik Paul Celans''. Alber, Freiburg / München 1986. * ''Neue Wege mit Heidegger''. Alber, Freiburg / München 1992. * ''Schritte zu einer hermeneutischen Philosophie''. Alber, Freiburg / München 1994. * ''Heidegger in seiner Zeit''. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München 1999. * ''Hegels Kritik der Romantik''. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München 1999. * ''Der Stein hinterm Aug. Studien zu Celans Gedichten''. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München 2000. * ''Bild und Technik . Heidegger, Klee und die moderne Kunst''. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn 2002. * ''Schicksal und Geschichte. Antigone im Spiegel der Deutungen und Gestaltungen seit Hegel und Hölderlin''. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn 2004. * ''Europa come destino e come compito. Correzioni nella filosofia ermeneutica''. Guerini e Associati, Milano 2008. * ''Philosophie und hermeneutische Theologie. Heidegger, Bultmann und die Folgen.'' Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn 2009. * ''Wege in schwieriger Zeit. Ein Lebensbericht.'' Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn 2011.

References

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