Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Philosophical Apprenticeships. A Retrospective (Philosophische Lehrjahre. Eine Rückschau), 1977. In German

Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Philosophische Lehrjahre. Eine Rückschau.
Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1977. 244 Seiten, mit Abbildungen. Originale Broschur mit Schutzumschlag, 22 cm.
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Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Philosophische Lehrjahre. Eine Rückschau. [Philosophical Apprenticeships. A Retrospective].
Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1977. 244 pp., illustrated. Original paperback with dust jacket, 22 cm.

This 1977 volume is the highly significant first edition of Hans-Georg Gadamer's intellectual autobiography, "Philosophical Apprenticeships." Published by the renowned German academic publisher Vittorio Klostermann, this work offers a personal and profound retrospective by one of the 20th century's most influential philosophers, the founder of philosophical hermeneutics. In this illustrated memoir, Gadamer recounts his formative years, his relationships with key figures like Martin Heidegger and Paul Natorp, and the development of his own philosophical thought against the backdrop of the tumultuous German 20th century. As a firsthand account from a central figure in continental philosophy, this paperback edition with a dust jacket is an essential primary source for understanding the history of hermeneutics, phenomenology, and German intellectual life.