In a message dated 11/5/2009 12:51:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jwager@xxxxxxxxxx writes: My dissertation was mostly on Karl Jaspers, who has always seemed to me to be both more philosophically interesting and more politically helpful than Heidegger, but Jaspers is hardly known at all outside of Germany. To be a "Heidegger" scholar is to be on the "A" list for jobs in continental philosophy; to be a "Jaspers" scholar is to be relegated to adjunct status at a second rate school at best. ---- This reminds me of Geary on Bonifacius. "Surely your research interest should NOT be motivated by whether it will land you in a first rate college". I think "Heil" was not used a lot. For Hitler, and perhaps Hesse, or a few others. It means, I think, holly, or it possibly means, "Hi". Grice wrote in "Logic and Conversation" "Heidegger is the greatest philosopher". in 1967. He was considering whether people would take him seriously. --- Heidegger was once 'in' in Oxford. Notably in 1929. Ryle wrote the review of _Sein und Zeit_ for Mind. But then came Hitler. Palma has distributed some good notes re Heidegger as 'translator', which I always admired. To think that philosophy for example is the wisdom of love is just ... original. --- Etc. J. L. Speranza Bordighera