Apocalypse of Truth: Heideggerian Meditations

211 Pages·2021·2.766 MB·English

by  Jean Vioulac

Apocalypse of Truth

Apocalypse of Truth
Heideggerian Meditations
Jean Vioulac
With a foreword by Jean- Luc Marion
Translated by Matthew J. Peterson
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Original title in French : Apocalypse de la vérité
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Vioulac, Jean, author. | Peterson, Matthew J., translator. | Marion,
Jean-Luc, 1946– writer of foreword.
Title: Apocalypse of truth : Heideggerian meditations / Jean Vioulac ; with a
foreword by Jean-Luc Marion ; translated by Matthew J. Peterson.
Other titles: Apocalypse de la vérité. English
Description: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020042356 | ISBN 9780226766737 (cloth) |
ISBN 9780226766874 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Heidegger, Martin, 1889–1976. | Truth. | Logos (Philosophy)
Ontology.
Classification: LCC BD171 .V5513 2021 | DDC 193—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020042356.
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To Timothée
Τιμοθέῳ ἀγαπητῷ τέκνῳ
2 Tm 1:2

My wisdom is as spurned as chaos.
What is my nothingness, compared
to the amazement that awaits you?
RIMBAUD | “Lives,” trans. John Ashbery

Contents
FOREWORD Jean- Luc Marion xi
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE Matthew J. Peterson xv
CHAPTER 1 | Clarifications 1
§1. Clairvoyance, Evidence, Lucidity 1
§2. Sufficiency and Faultiness 3
§3. History and Determination: Destiny 6
§4. Language and Community 9
CHAPTER 2 | From the Equal to the Same 15
§5. Machination 15
§6. Cyberspace 18
§7. Equalization 22
§8. Equalization and Appropriation 26
CHAPTER 3 | Truth and Its Destiny 33
§9. Ontology and Truth 33
§10. Abyss and Mystery 36
§11. Origin and Beginning 40
§12. Decay of Truth 43
§13. Safeguard of Truth 45
§14. Teleology and Eschatology 48