The “original light” that Heidegger sought in the first Western thought

Philosophy and, today, the relationship with a reality like social media. The Freiburg lectures published by Adelphi show all their timeliness

Martin Heidegger’s thought is the perfect storm of contemporary philosophy. The great and controversial German philosopher was right about everything, except for one thing, no small matter: joining National Socialism in 1933. Already in ’34 he resigned as rector of the University of Freiburg. Some believe he continued to be a Nazi and, on top of that, an anti-Semite. I am convinced of the opposite: his entire philosophy contrasts with the principles of Nazism.