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Topology of beginning : Heidegger’s interpretation of Anaximander

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In this thesis, the main work is to initiate a series of discussions based on Heidegger’s interpretation of Anaximander. Our work is articulated around two main axes: first, we situate his interpretation of Anaximander in the progression of Heideggerian thought, and by comparing his interpretations of Anaximander at three different periods, we attempt to clarify the thread of Heidegger’s interpretation of Anaximander. In this axis devoted to his specific and detailed interpretation of Anaximander, we try to place the interpretation of Anaximander in the theoretical framework of the “topology of presence” in order to examine the evolution and development of Heidegger’s thought. Secondly, we locate his interpretation of Anaximander in a broader historical axis, linking it to Hölderlin’s and Nietzsche’s interpretations of ancient Greece. We thus attempt to place the interpretation of Anaximander within the framework of the “topology of the beginning”, in order to highlight both the link and the rupture between Heidegger and his two predecessors. Finally, we try to match the meaning of this “topology of the beginning” to what the philosopher called “the eschatology of being” in his 1946’s interpretation of Anaximander.Fundamentally, Heidegger’s interpretation of Anaximander must be seen as a “method in itself”. Specifically, his interpretation involves a method of breaking into the notion of “ontological difference” (ontologische Differenz) – and of “presence” (Anwesen) as such. According to this study, Heidegger’s interpretation of Anaximander signifies in essence a process in which Heideggerian thought is gradually “topologized”. It is in this sense that we try to detach ourselves from the Heideggerian context and to construct a “radical Heideggerism”. To a certain extent, we hope to “take Heidegger as a method” instead of “using Heidegger to explain Heidegger”. The ultimate goal of this study is to turn a marginal question of Heidegger into a frontier issue.