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Heidegger, Martin. Séminaire du Thor. 30 août – 8 septembre 1968. – (And:) The same. 2–11 septembre 1969. 2 vols.

39, (1) pp.; 45, (3) pp. 8vo. Loose and unopened quires as issued in orig. printed wrappers. In slipcase. – N. pl., (Roger Munier, 1969).

Edtion originale, private printing. Unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 100 (vol. I) and no. 14 of 200 numbered copies (vol. II) printed exclusively for the participants of the two „séminaires du Thor“, held in 1968 and 1969 by Martin Heidegger in Southern France. The 1968 colloquium was on Hegel’s „Differenzschrift“, the minutes of the daily sessions are written by François Fédier, Patrick Levy, François Vezin, Michel Deguy, Jacques Bontemps, Michel Podgorny, Paco Camino, and Gérard Granel. The second colloquium in fall 1969 in collaboration with René Char was devoted to Kant’s treatiese „Unique fondement possible d’une preuve de l’existence de Dieu“ from 1763. Authors of the minutes are Barbara Cassin, François Fedier, Julien Hervier, Patrick Levy, and François Vezin. An autograph note by Heidegger on the verso side of a portion of a typescript, listing names of probably addressees for a copy of the minutes is laid into vol. II. There are names like Gadamer, Schadewaldt, Max Müller, or Ernst and Friedrich Georg Jünger. A rarissimum of „Heideggeriana“! – Slight foxing to the unopened margins of vol. II. Else fine. – Best.-Nr. 18556