The establishment of the primordial character of ἀλήθεια, and the fundamental determination of λόγος within the scope of Greek Philosophy: contemplated in Heidegger's brief Essay What is this - Philosophy?

Abstract

Heidegger's brief essay What is this - Philosophy? holds within itself the essential questions about the foundations, guiding perspectives and purposes that enabled the emergence of philosophy as the eminent form of western knowledge. Contemplating the ways in which Parmenides, Heraclitus, Plato and Aristotle establish the meaning of Being, Heidegger shows in which sense the greek philosophers laid down in νoεῖν and λόγος the essential foundation of ἀλήθεια. In Heidegger's exposition of the continuities and distinctions characteristic of each greek philosophers regarding the question of the meaning of Being and Truth, we will concomitantly highlight the assumptions of Heidegger's own thought, which guided him in his approach to Being.