 of printing publishing of the East publishing house. [6] The generation of Temuriys.-Toshkent,1995. I. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY The Political Implications of Heidegger's Reading of the Allegory of the Cave Georgios Petropoulos (University College Dublin School of Philosophy) Abstract This paper draws a link between Heidegger's reading of Plato's allegory of the cave and his support for the National Socialist regime during the early 30's. Three interrelated suggestions are made: (1) That Heidegger's reading of the allegory of the cave is informed by his preoccupation with the imminent threat of nihilism. (2) That Heidegger's interpretation radicalizes his critique of the public sphere to the effect that it renders the latter irredeemable. (3) That the unbridgeable gap between philosophy and the public sphere commits Heidegger to the anticipation of a catastrophic event that will open up the possibility of genuine freedom. Keywords: Heidegger; Plato; the allegory of the cave; National Socialism; twentieth-century German philosophy; nihilism; destiny of Being; existence; freedom; questioning; the public sphere 1. Introduction The relationship between Heidegger and Plato is a topic that has attracted a fair amount of interest in philosophical scholarship. The earliest comment on such a relationship comes from Paul Friedländer's critique of Heidegger's assertion that Plato transformed the notion of truth from unconcealment (Unverborgenheit) to correctness (Richtigkeit).1 This last point, which constitutes the central claim of Heidegger's 1942 essay on Plato's Doctrine of Truth, has been challenged by numerous 1 Paul Friedländer, Plato: An Introduction, trans. Hans Meyerhoff (New York: Harper, 1964). 8 SOFIA PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW scholars who have worked on the relationship between Plato and Heidegger. Notwithstanding their differences, Stanley Rosen,2 Robert Dostal,3 and more recently Francesco Gonzalez,4 agree that Heidegger downgrades the ontological insights of Plato's philosophy and focuses only on the epistemological ones, which he happens to criticize. Robert Dostal locates a tension between Heidegger's remarks about Plato's epekeina tes ousias in his early Marburg lectures and in his 1942 essay on Plato's Doctrine of Truth. Whereas in the Marburg lectures Plato's suggestion that Being is epekeina tes ousias is understood by Heidegger as pointing in the direction of a genuine
of printing publishing of the East publishing house. [ 6 ] The coevals of Temuriys.-Toshkent,1995. I. HISTORY OF doctrine The Political Implications of Heidegger's Reading of the Allegory of the Cave Georgios Petropoulos (University College Dublin School of Philosophy) Abstract This newspaper reap a link between Heidegger's reading of Plato's emblem of the cave and his accompaniment for the National Socialist regime during the early 30's. Three interconnected trace are made: (1) That Heidegger's recitation of the allegory of the cave is informed by his preoccupancy with the imminent threat of nihilism. (2) That Heidegger's interpretation radicalizes his critique of the public sphere to the consequence that it renders the latter irredeemable. (3) That the unbridgeable gap between doctrine and the public sphere commits Heidegger to the prediction of a catastrophic event that will afford up the possibility of actual freedom. Keywords: Heidegger; Plato; the allegory of the cave; National Socialism; twentieth - century German philosophy; nihilistic delusion; destiny of Being; existence; freedom; questioning; the public sphere 1. Introduction The relationship between Heidegger and Plato is a topic that has attracted a fair amount of interest in philosophical scholarship. The earliest comment on such a relationship comes from Paul Friedländer's review of Heidegger's assertion that Plato transformed the impression of accuracy from unconcealment (Unverborgenheit) to correctness (Richtigkeit).1 This last point, which constitutes the central title of Heidegger's 1942 essay on Plato's Doctrine of Truth, has been challenged by numerous 1 Paul Friedländer, Plato: An Introduction, trans. Hans Meyerhoff (New York: Harper, 1964). 8 SOFIA PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW scholars who have worked on the relationship between Plato and Heidegger. Notwithstanding their remainder, Stanley Rosen,2 Robert Dostal,3 and more recently Francesco Gonzalez,4 agree that Heidegger downgrades the ontological insights of Plato's philosophy and concenter only on the epistemological ones, which he happens to criticize. Robert Dostal locates a latent hostility between Heidegger's remark about Plato's epekeina tes ousias in his early Marburg lectures and in his 1942 essay on Plato's Doctrine of Truth. Whereas in the Marburg lectures Plato's suggestion that Being is epekeina tellurium ousias is understood by Heidegger as pointing in the direction of a actual
 of printing publishing of uhe East publishiut housx. [6] The feneratiun of Temuriys.-Toshkent,1995. I. HISVORY OF PYILOSOPHY The Politicau Implicanions of Yeidtgger's Reading of the Allcyory kn the Rave Georgios Pgtropoulos (Utiversity Collagd Bublin School of Philosophy) Abstract This pspfr draws a linh beuweqn Hspdtgger's reading of Plato's allegory of the cave and his support for the National Dociwlist regime durinh the early 30's. Treee interrelxted suggestions are mzde: (1) That Heidegger's reading of the cllegory of tye fdve is infocmed bj his preoccuistion fith thr imminent thrcat oh niyilism. (2) That Heideggec's interpretation raqicalizes hns critique of the puvluc spvere to gye dfftct tgat it reiders the lztter irredwemable. (3) That the umbwpcgeable gap getweeg [hilosophy and the public sphere commitv Hsidegger to the anticipqtion of a catastrophlc event ehat will open up the possibility of genuine freegom. Kxydorbw: Heiawgher; Plato; the allegory of the cave; National Sjdislpsm; twentieth-centmry German philosolhj; myhilism; destivy of Ysihg; existence; freedlm; quesjionint; the pubjic xphere 1. Introduction The reoationship bvtwewn Heidegger and Ppato is a tupic that has attracted a fair aoounf of interedt in phimusophical scholafshpp. Tve earlitrt comment on sucr a relatmonshnp comes frok Paul Friedländeg's crldique of Heidegger'd assgrtion that Platl transformed the notion of truvi from unconcgalkenn (Unverboxgenhelt) to correctnefs (Richtigkeit).1 This lcst poknt, which bonstitutxs the centrwl claim of Haldegger's 1942 esvay on Pjato'w Doxtrine uw Truth, has bern challeuyed by nunerous 1 Paul Friedkändgr, Plato: An Introbbcuiin, trans. Hans Keydrhjfv (Iew Yjsk: Harper, 1964). 8 VOFIX PFOLOSOOHICAL REVICW rchokars who have worked on fhe relationship brtreen Plajo and Heydegger. Notwiyhstanding their dlfferxnces, Rtanlry Tosen,2 Robert Dostal,3 and more redently Frwnccsco Gonzalez,4 agrce trat Heidegyer downgrades the ontological insights if Plato's philosokhy and focuses only pk the epistekologycal ones, which he happens to criticize. Robert Dostal locates a tenaion batweej Heidegger's remarks about Plato's epekeina tes ousias in his early Marburt lectnrqs and in hjs 1942 rssay ou Pkato's Qoctciie of Truth. Wheress in the Marburg lectures Platu's suggevtnon that Being is epekeina tex uusias is undgrstood by Heidegger as pojnting im the direction of a genuine
of printing publishing of the East publishing The of Temuriys.-Toshkent,1995. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Reading the Allegory of Cave Georgios Petropoulos College Dublin School of Philosophy) Abstract paper draws a link between Heidegger's reading of Plato's allegory of the cave his support for the National Socialist regime during the early 30's. Three interrelated are (1) Heidegger's of the allegory of the cave is informed by his preoccupation with the imminent threat of (2) That Heidegger's interpretation radicalizes his critique of public sphere to the that it renders the latter (3) the unbridgeable between and public sphere commits to the anticipation of a catastrophic event that will open up the possibility of genuine freedom. Keywords: Plato; the the cave; Socialism; German nihilism; destiny of freedom; questioning; the public sphere 1. between Heidegger and Plato is a topic that attracted a amount of interest in philosophical scholarship. earliest comment on such a relationship comes from Friedländer's critique of Heidegger's assertion that Plato transformed the notion of truth from unconcealment (Unverborgenheit) (Richtigkeit).1 This last point, constitutes the central of 1942 on Doctrine of has been challenged by numerous 1 Paul Friedländer, Plato: An Introduction, Hans Meyerhoff (New York: Harper, 1964). 8 SOFIA PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW have on the relationship Plato and Heidegger. Notwithstanding differences, Rosen,2 Robert Dostal,3 and Francesco agree the insights Plato's philosophy and focuses on the epistemological ones, which happens to criticize. Robert Heidegger's remarks about Plato's epekeina tes ousias in early Marburg lectures and in his 1942 on Plato's Doctrine of Truth. Whereas in the Marburg lectures Plato's suggestion Being is ousias is understood by Heidegger as pointing in direction of a genuine
 of printing publishing of the east publisHing hOusE. [6] ThE gEnerAtioN of Temuriys.-TosHKent,1995. i. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY ThE PoliTiCAl ImPLiCatioNs of HeiDEgGER's REaDiNg oF tHE ALlegoRy oF the CavE Georgios PEtrOpOulos (UniversITy college DubLin school of PhilOsoPhy) AbsTrAct tHis paPer Draws A link bETween HEidegger's ReADing of pLato's alLEGoRy of The cave and his suppORt FOr the National SOcialiSt REgIME duRinG the early 30's. thRee inTErrelatED sUGGEstIOns are made: (1) ThaT Heidegger's REadIng of tHe AllEGory of The caVe IS inFormed by his PreoCcupation With thE ImminenT Threat oF nihilIsm. (2) thaT HeiDEgGeR's iNtERprETaTioN RadIcalizes HiS cRitiqUe of THE PUbliC spHere To the Effect that it rEndErs tHE laTter iRredeEmabLe. (3) that tHe unbrIdgeaBlE gap between philOsopHy and the pUblIc SphErE commITs HeidEggEr tO the antIcipatiON of A cATAStRophic event that wilL oPEN uP the possIbilitY Of GeNUine freeDoM. KeYworDS: heideGger; pLaTo; the allEgory oF ThE cAve; NatiOnAl SociAlIsm; TweNtietH-CentUry GerMan philoSophy; NIhilism; destiny OF Being; existenCE; fREEdOM; queStiOning; the pubLic sPHere 1. intrODuCtiON The rElatiOnSHiP Between Heidegger and plAto is a Topic That has attracTed a fair amOUNT of interEst iN PhILosophical schoLarshIp. The earliESt commenT on suCh a relatIonship coMES from PauL FrIedLänDer'S CRiTique of HeidegGER's asSeRtion thAt PLato traNsfOrmEd tHe nOtIon of trutH from uncOnCeAlMeNt (UNverbORgenheit) To CorReCtnEss (RiCHtigkeIt).1 ThiS lasT pOiNT, whIch consTItUTEs thE cEnTral ClaIm Of HeiDeggER's 1942 eSsay on PLato's DoctRinE Of TrUtH, hAs been cHallenged by nuMeRous 1 Paul FrIeDläNder, PlATO: An IntroDuction, trans. Hans MeyerhoFF (New YorK: HaRper, 1964). 8 SoFIA pHILOSOPHiCAl REVIEw scHOlars wHo have WorkeD oN thE RElatiONShIp bEtWeen Plato aND heiDeggeR. NOtwiThstandIng their differenceS, staNley Rosen,2 RobeRt DOstaL,3 ANd MorE ReCEntLy fRanCESco Gonzalez,4 agreE that HeideGgER dOwngrades tHE onToLogical InsightS of PlATo's philOsophy and Focuses onLy On thE EPisTemologicaL ones, whiCh he happeNS to crITiCize. RObeRt DostAl LocAtes a TensioN BetWeen HEideggEr'S remarKs aboUt plato's epEkeina tes ousias in his earLy MarbUrg leCtuRes and in hIs 1942 eSSay On Plato's DOctrIne of Truth. wheReaS in thE MaRBurg lEctuREs plaTO's sugGestIOn that BeiNG iS epEKEiNa tes ousias IS UNdeRstooD by hEideggEr as Pointing in the direCTion of a genuine
 of printing publishing of  the Eastpubli shi ngho use.  [6]  The generatio n  ofTemuriys.-Toshkent,199 5. I.  H I STOR Y  O F PHI LOSOPHY Th e Pol it ic alIm p li catio nsof Heid egger's Re adi ng  of the Alle g or y of the C ave  Georgios Pe tro poulos  ( Uni v ersit y C olleg e Dubl i n Scho ol of Phi lo s ophy)A bstract T hi s pa per draws a linkb et w een Heidegger' s read in g  o f Pla to' s allegory  o f the cave an d  h i s sup p ort for the N ational Soc i ali st reg im e d u ring t he ea rl y  30 's. Three i nter related s uggest i ons are made: ( 1) Tha t H eid egge r 's  r ead in g  of th e a l leg ory of t he  c ave i s in f o r m ed b y h is p reocc upation withthe  imm i nen t thr eat o f ni hi lism.  (2) T hat H ei degger's interp reta tion radi cal iz eshi s cri t ique o f t hepublicspheret o t he e f fe ct that it renders  t h e  l atter ir redeem a bl e. (3) That  t heunbr i d geabl e ga p  b etween p hiloso p hy  a nd thepu blic s ph ere  co mmits Heid eggerto the a ntici p ation of a cat a strophic even t  t h a tw illope n up the po ssib i lity  ofg en uin e  free dom.Ke y wo r ds: Heidegger; Plat o;  the a llego ry of the cav e; Nationa l S ocialism ; tw e nt i eth-century Ge rmanphilosophy ;  nihilis m; de stiny of  Being; e x i stence;fre edo m;que s t io ning; the pub l i c sp he re 1. I ntr oductio n T herel ati on ship betw een Heid eg ge ran d P latoi s a topi ctha thas  attr a cted a  fair  amo un to f i nterest in p hilo so ph ical  sc ho larsh ip.T heearlies t comment  on such  a  r elation ship comes fr om  Paul Frie dl änd er's c r i tique of  Heidegger's assertiont hat Pla totrans form ed the no tio n of t rut h  fromunconc ealme nt  (U n v erbor g e nh eit )to correct n e ss(Rich ti gkei t).1 Th is last point, whi c h c onstitutes th e c entr a l  c lai m  o f  He id e gge r ' s 1942 essay on  Plato's D oc t ri ne of Trut h , h as  been c halleng ed by numerou s 1 PaulFriedländ er , Pl a t o:An Introdu ction, t rans. Han s  Meye r ho ff (N ewYork:Ha rpe r, 19 64). 8 SOF IA PH ILOSOP HI CAL RE VIEWsc holars w ho have worked on the r elatio nship  be tween Pla toa ndHeidegger . No twithstand ing  th eir d iff e rence s, S t an ley Rosen ,2 R o bert Dost a l, 3 a n d  m ore recentl y F ran cesco  Go n zalez, 4 ag ree that Heidegge r  downgrades th e on t o log ica l  ins ig hts of Plato's  ph il o s ophy and  f ocuses only  on theep i stemo logica l ones , which h eh appens  tocri ticize. R obe rt Dostallo ca t es a t ensi on  betwe en Hei d egge r ' s remarks aboutPlato ' s  epek e ina  tesou sias in hisearly Marb urg lecture s andin h is 19 42 essa yon Pla to' sDoctrine o f  Truth. W herea s in th eMarb urg  lectu resP l ato's  sug ge sti on that B e i ng is  e p eke inates o us iasis unders t ood by H eid e gger as  p oin t i ng int he d irection o f a  genu i n e
 of_printing publishing_of the East publishing_house. [6]_The_generation of_Temuriys.-Toshkent,1995._I. HISTORY OF_PHILOSOPHY The Political_Implications of Heidegger's Reading_of the Allegory_of_the Cave Georgios Petropoulos (University College Dublin School of Philosophy) Abstract This paper draws_a_link between_Heidegger's_reading_of Plato's allegory of the_cave and his support for_the National_Socialist regime during the early 30's. Three interrelated_suggestions_are made: (1)_That Heidegger's reading of the allegory of the cave_is informed by his preoccupation with_the imminent threat_of_nihilism._(2) That Heidegger's interpretation_radicalizes his critique of the public_sphere to the effect that it_renders the latter irredeemable. (3) That the_unbridgeable gap between philosophy and the_public sphere commits Heidegger to_the anticipation_of a catastrophic event that_will open up_the possibility_of genuine freedom._Keywords: Heidegger; Plato; the allegory of_the cave; National_Socialism; twentieth-century German philosophy; nihilism; destiny_of_Being; existence; freedom;_questioning;_the_public sphere_1. Introduction The_relationship_between Heidegger_and_Plato is a topic that has_attracted_a fair amount of interest in philosophical_scholarship. The earliest comment_on_such a relationship comes_from Paul Friedländer's critique of_Heidegger's assertion that Plato transformed the_notion of_truth from_unconcealment (Unverborgenheit) to correctness (Richtigkeit).1 This last point, which constitutes the_central claim of Heidegger's 1942 essay_on Plato's Doctrine of_Truth, has_been_challenged by numerous_1_Paul Friedländer,_Plato: An Introduction, trans. Hans Meyerhoff (New_York: Harper,_1964). 8 SOFIA PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW scholars_who have worked on_the_relationship between Plato and Heidegger. Notwithstanding_their differences, Stanley Rosen,2 Robert Dostal,3_and more recently Francesco Gonzalez,4_agree_that_Heidegger downgrades the ontological insights_of Plato's philosophy and focuses only_on the epistemological_ones, which he happens to criticize. Robert_Dostal_locates a tension between Heidegger's remarks_about_Plato's epekeina tes ousias in his_early_Marburg_lectures and in his 1942_essay on Plato's Doctrine of Truth._Whereas in the Marburg lectures Plato's suggestion that Being_is epekeina tes_ousias is understood by Heidegger_as_pointing_in the direction of a genuine