Abstract

Delimitations is divided into fifteen sections arranged under four headings. Part 1, "Closure of Metaphysics," characterizes Sallis's interpretation of the end of metaphysics. Part 2, "Openings--To the Things Themselves," contains discussions of texts drawn from Hegel, Husserl, and Heidegger. These discussions open ways toward a post-metaphysical thinking which will reveal "the things themselves." Part 3, "Clearing," is comprised of analyses of Heidegger which "displace" the dominance of such metaphysical notions as "meaning" and "end." Part 4, "Archaic Closure," concludes the work with reflections on the Allegory of the Cave and a Heraclitus fragment.