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Review title: Utter Nonsense
Product review: "Highly eccentric in its terminology, his philosophy is extremely obscure. One cannot help suspecting that language is here running riot. An interesting point in his speculations is the insistence that nothingness is something positive. As with much else in Existentialism, this is a psychological observation made to pass for logic." - Bertrand Russell on Martin HeideggerIf you are grounded in a scientific mentality, Heidegger's nonsense will fall short. You might even find yourself checking the imprint just to see if it wasn't in fact published by some freakish New Age cult.If you are inclined toward uncritical thought, you'll gobble it up and still not be able to formulate any meaningful, truth-apt statements grounded in this canard.If the book is of any worth, it's due to its unintentional indictment of Continental philosophy. It actually makes the worst analytic philosopher appear intelligent by comparison.
