Acknowledgments General Introduction Part I. 1. The Thinker and the Master: Heidegger on Eckhart Part II. Introduction 2. Thinking, Being, and the Problem of Ontotheology in Eckhart's Latin Writings 3. Become Who You Are: The Oneness of Thinking and Being as Releasement in Eckhart's German Writings 4. Eckhart's Strategies for Cultivating Releasement Part III. Introduction 5. The Middle Voice of Releasement in Heidegger's Lecture Courses, 1928-30 6. Violent Thinking and Being in Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics, 1935 7. Releasement as the Essence of Thinking and Being in Heidegger's First "Country Path Conversation," 1945 Conclusion Appendix One Materials on Heidegger's Relation to Eckhart 1. Editions of Eckhart Consulted, Owned, or Referenced by Heidegger 2. Locations of Heidegger's References to Eckhart and Pseudo-Eckhart 3. Heidegger's Citations of Eckhart and Pseudo-Eckhart 4. Heidegger's Marginalia und Underlining in His Personal Copies of Eckhart 5. Summary of Eckhart's/Pseudo-Eckhart's Texts Read or Cited by Heidegger 6. Reports on Heidegger's Relation to Eckhart 7. Heidegger's Evaluation of Kate Oltmanns's Dissertation on Eckhart 8. Heidegger's Notes on Kate Oltmanns's Oral Examination Appendix Two "Essentiality, Existence, and Ground in Meister Eckehart," by Kate Oltmanns Appendix Three "Nietzsche's Zarathustra and Meister Eckhart," by Nishitani Keiji Notes Bibliography Published Primary Sources Unpublished Sources Secondary Sources Index

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