Das Buch ist das Resultat von Vorlesungen, in denen Eugen Fink den Denkweg der Phanomenologie des Geistes nachgeht. Er setzt dabei nicht nur das in der Phanomenologie entwickelte Instrumentarium ein, sondern macht deutlich, dass Methode und Sache nicht zu trennen sind. Durch diesen Nachvollzug des Hegelschen Philosophierens eignet sich das Buch auch hervorragend fur diejenigen Leser, die einen Zugang zur Phanomenologie des Geistes suchen. Finks Hegelbuch ist eine seiner hervorragendsten Schriften: Das Buch vermag tief eingewurzelte Denkgewohnheiten und Vorurteile zu erschuttern. Hegel-Studien
Fink was born in 1905 as the son of a government official in Germany. He spent his first school years with an uncle who was a catholic priest. Fink attended a gymnasium in Konstanz where he succeeded with his extraordinary memory. After his graduation exam in 1925, he studied philosophy, history, German language and economics, initially at Münster and Berlin and then in Freiburg with Edmund Husserl.
Husserl's assistant, he was a representative of phenomenological idealism and later a follower of Martin Heidegger. He approached the problem of Being as a manifestation of the cosmic movement with Man being a participant in this movement. Fink called the philosophical problems pre-questions, that will lead to the true philosophy by the way of an ontological practice.
Vividly written, stuffed with juicy phrases. Occasionally vague on troubling points, I wouldn't call this the most scientifically competent book I've ever read, but it digs right down into the ideas and usually brings some light back up for us, you and me, dear readers!