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Machine generated contents note: ch. One The Necessity, Structure, and Priority of the Question of Being -- 1. The Necessity of an Explicit Repetition of the Question of Being -- 2. The Formal Structure of the Question of Being -- 3. The Ontological Priority of the Question of Being -- 4. The Ontic Priority of the Question of Being -- ch. Two The Double Task in Working Out the Question of Being: The Method of the Investigation and Its Outline -- 5. The Ontological Analysis of Dasein as Exposing the Horizon for an Interpretation of the Meaning of Being in General -- 6. The Task of a Destruction of the History of Ontology -- 7. The Phenomenological Method of the Investigation -- A. The Concept of Phenomenon -- B. The Concept of Logos -- C. The Preliminary Concept of Phenomenology -- 8. The Outline of the Treatise -- pt. One The Interpretation of Dasein in Terms of Temporality and the Explication of Time as the Transcendental Horizon of the Question of Being -- Division One -- The Preparatory Fundamental Analysis of Dasein Ch. One The Exposition of the Task of a Preparatory Analysis of Dasein -- 9. The Theme of the Analytic of Dasein -- 10. How the Analytic of Dasein is to be Distinguished from Anthropology, Psychology, and Biology -- 11. The Existential Analytic and the Interpretation of Primitive Dasein: The Difficulties in Securing a 'Natural Concept of World' -- ch. Two Being-in-the-World in General as the Fundamental Constitution of Dasein -- 12. 2 GA2 Sein und Zeit (1927); Being and Time, trans. John Macquarrie and Edward. Heidegger’s path of thinking, supposed to have taken place several years after the. Martin Heidegger has 18 ratings and 1 review. Ohne Martin Heideggers Sein und Zeit von 1927 lasst sich weder die Philosophie des 20. Noch die philos. The Preliminary Sketch of Being-in-the-World in Terms of the Orientation toward Being-in as Such -- 13. The Exemplification of Being-in in a Founded Mode: Knowing the World -- ch. Three The Worldliness of the World -- 14. The Idea of the Worldliness of the World in General -- A. Analysis of Environmentality and Worldliness in General -- 15. The Being of Beings Encountered in the Surrounding World -- 16. The Worldly Character of the Surrounding World Announcing Itself in Innerworldly Beings -- 17. Reference and Signs -- 18. Relevance and Significance: The Worldliness of the World -- B. The Contrast Between Our Analysis of Worldliness and Descartes’ Interpretation of the World 19. The Determination of the 'World' as Res Extensa -- 20. The Fundaments of the Ontological Definition of the 'World' -- 21. The Hermeneutical Discussion of the Cartesian Ontology of the 'World' -- C. The Aroundness of the Surrounding World and the Spatiality of Dasein -- 22. The Spatiality of Innerworldly Things at Hand -- 23. The Spatiality of Being-in-the-World -- 24. The Spatiality of Dasein and Space -- ch. Four Being-in-the-World as Being-with and Being a Self: The 'They' -- 25. The Approach to the Existential Question of the Who of Dasein -- 26. The Dasein-with of Others and Everyday Being-with -- 27. Everyday Being a Self and the They -- ch. Five Being-in as Such -- 28. The Task of a Thematic Analysis of Being-in -- A. The Existential Constitution of the There -- 29. Da-sein as Attunement -- 30. Fear as a Mode of Attunement -- 31. Da-sein as Understanding -- 32. Understanding and Interpretation -- 33. Statement as a Derivative Mode of Interpretation -- 34. Da-sein and Discourse. Language -- B. The Everyday Being of the There and the Falling Prey of Dasein 35. Idle Talk -- 36. Curiosity -- 37. Ambiguity -- 38. Falling Prey and Thrownness -- ch. Six Care as the Being of Dasein -- 39. The Question of the Primordial Totality of the Structural Whole of Dasein -- 40. The Fundamental Attunement of Anxiety as an Eminent Disclosedness of Dasein -- 41. The Being of Dasein as Care -- 42. Confirmation of the Existential Interpretation of Dasein as Care in Terms of the Pre-ontological Self-interpretation of Dasein -- 43. Dasein, Worldliness, and Reality -- a. Reality as a Problem of Being and the Demonstratability of the 'External World' -- b. Reality as an Ontological Problem -- c. Reality and Care -- 44. Dasein, Disclosedness, and Truth -- a. The Traditional Concept of Truth and Its Ontological Foundations -- b. The Primordial Phenomenon of Truth and the Derivative Character of the Traditional Concept of Truth -- c. The Kind of Being of Truth and the Presupposition of Truth -- Division Two -- Dasein and Temporality -- 45. The Result of the Preparatory Fundamental Analysis of Dasein and the Task of a Primordial, Existential Interpretation of this Being Ch. One The Possible Being-a-Whole of Dasein and Being-toward-Death -- 46. The Seeming Impossibility of Ontologically Grasping and Determining Dasein as a Whole -- 47. The Possibility of Experiencing the Death of Others and the Possibility of Grasping Dasein as a Whole -- 48. What is Outstanding, End, and Wholeness -- 49. How the Existential Analysis of Death Differs from Other Possible Interpretations of this Phenomenon -- 50. A Preliminary Sketch of the Existential and Ontological Structure of Death -- 51. Being-toward-Death and the Everydayness of Dasein -- 52. Everyday Being-toward-Death and the Complete Existential Concept of Death -- 53. Existential Project of an Authentic Being-toward-Death -- ch. Two The Attestation of Dasein of an Authentic Potentiality-of-Being and Resoluteness -- 54. The Problem of the Attestation of an Authentic Existentiell Possibility -- 55. The Existential and Ontological Foundations of Conscience -- 56. The Character of Conscience as a Call -- 57. Conscience as the Call of Care -- 58. Understanding the Summons and Guilt -- 59. The Existential Interpretation of Conscience and the Vulgar Interpretation of Conscience 60. The Existential Structure of the Authentic Potentiality-of-Being Attested to in Conscience -- ch. Three The Authentic Potentiality-for-Being-a-Whole of Dasein, and Temporality as the Ontological Meaning of Care -- 61. Preliminary Sketch of the Methodological Step from Outlining the Authentic Being-as-a-Whole of Dasein to the Phenomenal Exposition of Temporality -- 62. The Existentielly Authentic Potentiality-for-Being-Whole of Dasein as Anticipatory, Resoluteness -- 63. The Hermeneutical Situation at Which We Have Arrived for Interpreting the Meaning of Being of Care, and the Methodological Character of the Existential Analytic in General -- 64. Care and Selfhood -- 65. Temporality as the Ontological Meaning of Care -- 66. The Temporality of Dasein and the Tasks of a More Primordial Repetition of the Existential Analysis Arising from it -- ch. Four Temporality and Everydayness -- 67. The Basic Content of the Existential Constitution of Dasein, and the Preliminary Sketch of Its Temporal Interpretation -- 68. The Temporality of Disclosedness in General -- a. The Temporality of Understanding -- b. The Temporality of Attunement C. The Temporality of Falling Prey -- d. The Temporality of Discourse -- 69. The Temporality of Being-in-the-World and the Problem of the Transcendence of the World -- a. The Temporality of Circumspect Taking Care -- b. The Temporal Meaning of the Way in which Circumspect Taking Care Becomes Modified into the Theoretical Discovery of That Which is Present Within the World -- c. The Temporal Problem of the Transcendence of the World -- 70. The Temporality of the Spatiality Characteristic of Dasein -- 71. The Temporal Meaning of the Everydayness of Dasein -- ch. Five Temporality and Historicity -- 72. The Existential and Ontological Exposition of the Problem of History -- 73. The Vulgar Understanding of History and the Occurrence of Dasein -- 74. The Essential Constitution of Historicity -- 75. The Historicity of Dasein and World History -- 76. The Existential Origin of Historiography from the Historicity of Dasein -- 77. The Connection of the Foregoing Exposition of the Problem of Historicity with the Investigations of Dilthey and the Ideas of Count Yorck -- ch. Six Temporality and Within-Timeness as the Origin of the Vulgar Concept of Time 78. The Incompleteness of the Foregoing Temporal Analysis of Dasein -- 79. The Temporality of Dasein and Taking Care of Time -- 80. Martin Heidegger was born in Messkirch, Baden, Germany on September 22, 1889. He studied Roman Catholic theology and philosophy at the University of Frieburg before joining the faculty at Frieburg as a teacher in 1915. Eight years later Heidegger took a teaching position at Marburg. He taught there until 1928 and then went back to Frieburg as a professor of philosophy. As a philosopher, Heidegger developed existential phenomenology. He is still widely regarded as one of the most original philosophers of the 20th century. Influenced by other philosophers of his time, Heidegger wrote the book, Being in Time, in 1927. In this work, which is considered one of the most important philosophical works of our time, Heidegger asks and answers the question 'What is it, to be?' Other books written by Heidegger include Basic Writings, a collection of Heidegger's most popular writings; Nietzsche, an inquiry into the central issues of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy; On the Way to Language, Heidegger's central ideas on the origin, nature and significance of language; and What is Called Thinking, a systematic presentation of Heidegger's later philosophy. Since the 1960s, Heidegger's influence has spread beyond continental Europe and into a number of English-speaking countries. Heidegger died in Messkirch on May 26, 1976. Stambaugh is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College of the City University of New York. Schmidt is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. The most important philosophical work of the 20th century, and a text whose influence will still be felt for some centuries to come, I am willing to reckon. Even if you are one of the many detractors, the fact remains that it is simply an outstanding monument to man's ability to think deeply, freshly, terrifyingly, and poetically about himself. Heidegger's main focus is on Being; what does it MEAN to be? This is of course an old question, stemming from the days of Aristotle, but Heidegger is fo The most important philosophical work of the 20th century, and a text whose influence will still be felt for some centuries to come, I am willing to reckon. Even if you are one of the many detractors, the fact remains that it is simply an outstanding monument to man's ability to think deeply, freshly, terrifyingly, and poetically about himself. Heidegger's main focus is on Being; what does it MEAN to be? This is of course an old question, stemming from the days of Aristotle, but Heidegger is foremost a phenomenologist (i.e. 'To the phenomena themselves') and therefore refuses any recourse to anything that is outside the scope of what is immediately apparent in the one thing that human beings often overlook, that is to say, human existence itself. This means that the scope of ambition of Heidegger's project is staggering; he intends to determine WHAT a human being IS, by HOW it is; and this means that he not only takes on a nearly 2000-year-old philosophical tradition, but also a nearly 2000-year-old deeply embedded conception of what a human being is (and by extension, what a human being should be). It is a provocative assault, which may account for the polarizing reactions that Heidegger seems to evoke. But this also means that Being and Time is a primordially 'humane' book, for it was Heidegger who truly brought the existentialist consciousness to the fore of our developing consciousness as a species. Make no mistake, this is still hard-core philosophy, but it is a book about the many banalities of the average human life, and thus, about the many hidden profundities of the average human life. Appreciate Heidegger's phenomenal (see what I did there) insight into the human condition, and you will never look at life, time, the world, concern, other people, a hammer, language, reality, and death in the same way again. Now for the mandatory words of warning. This book is DIFFICULT. But it is difficult in the way the ending stages of a hard-fought chess game is difficult; Being and Time' may be difficult, but it is NOT 'boring'. Stick with it, make the effort, and you will not be disappointed. You may even (as happened to me) slowly neglect the other distractions of your life and set aside a solid block of time to tackle the text (for me, 3 months), and not even be aware of anything like a sacrifice being made. You just feel like you've decided to venture a few steps deeper into the rabbit hole, is all. And with regards to the language, I actually love the language in 'Being and Time', leave alone finding it something to rail against. It has a kind of an austere beauty to it, a kind of 'mathematical poetry' if you will. For those who complain that Heidegger could have said what he wanted to say in 'easier' language, the answer is that, NO he could not have. Since his project was a radical rethinking of the nature of human existence, he needed a radically new vocabulary to describe the stages of his project. The usual words like 'soul', 'consciousness', and even 'human being' are too embedded in the tradition he is attacking, and have too much baggage. Once you appreciate this, and read the text with 'fresh eyes', then you appreciate the hidden intricacies of his language, as well as to the depths he takes these new terms too. And finally, this is most definitely not a book that a casual reader can 'dip into'; this is hardcore philosophy that was meant to overthrow another philosophical tradition. So, these would (in my opinion) be the absolute prerequisites before any reader wishes to pursue 'Being and Time'; 1)A general knowledge of philosophy and the history of philosophy, and at least a surface-level knowledge of what the major philosophers of the Western tradition had to say about life, the universe and everything. This is important, because this tradition represents 'substance metaphysics' or 'the metaphysics of presence' which Heidegger attacks throughout the entire text; (these terms simply mean the positing of some kind of unit of 'stable timelessness' that 'stands behind' or 'hangs over' human existence, be it the 'soul', 'consciousness', 'God', 'Atman', 'Will', 'Forms' or what have you). A good introductory book on philosophy should do the trick, and in my knowledge, Will Durant's 'The Story of Philosophy' is still the best way to go, though of course, any equivalent book which goes over the main 'theme' of Western philosophy should do the trick 2)An intuitive understanding of Nietzsche. His influence is present throughout the text of 'Being and Time', because he is the 'bad boy' cousin of Heidegger's who sounded the death knell of traditional philosophy; a project which Heidegger systematizes, enhances, and pursues. Since Nietzsche is primarily a poet and a cultural critic rather than an actual philosopher (in addition to being a superb writer) a quick crash course of reading his main works (The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil, Twilight of the Idols, and if you can stomach the overblown prose, Zarathustra) would do you good here. 3)A good guide to Being and Time; predictably, for a work of such complexity and importance, several guides have sprung up of varying quality. The one I used was Gelvin's 'Commentary' which is clear, friendly, excited, and straightforward. Everything that you need. 4)A surface understanding of phenomenology; a Wikipedia search should do the trick, or any such introductory article. If you're seriously gung-ho then 'An Introduction to Phenomenology' by Sokolowski will ground you more than you strictly need to be grounded. And that's it, you're ready to go. This is not a book that you can read once, and I wonder if 'read' is even an appropriate word. For the same reason that you do not 'read' Finnegans Wake, but 'experience' it as if it wasn't a book but a sentient entity which would get insulted if you labelled it as a book, I think the same would go for 'Being and Time'. It is a profound exploration of the most primordial questions a man can ask about anything, and as such, it demands a steady commitment of your time, energy, your curiosity, and the latent profundities that lie within you and which will be awakened as you thumb through the master piece that is 'Being and Time'. It was like losing my philosophical virginity:) and it feels like everything i have read until now was a preparation for this. Including my 'dipping' in it for seven years or so. And i'm glad i read (and discussed) augustine's confessions with a wonderful group of people, during a course - otherwise i would have understood nothing at all from the part about temporality. The dynamic of the book is very musical, it seemed to me. As if the loooong sounds are repeated and repeated ag done. It was like losing my philosophical virginity:) and it feels like everything i have read until now was a preparation for this. Including my 'dipping' in it for seven years or so. And i'm glad i read (and discussed) augustine's confessions with a wonderful group of people, during a course - otherwise i would have understood nothing at all from the part about temporality. The dynamic of the book is very musical, it seemed to me. As if the loooong sounds are repeated and repeated again, creating a texture which changes your 'mood' - your 'attunement' - making you able to see how a new 'ground' is disclosed. Of course i can't say anything coherent about it. And i don't think anything coherent needs to be said in this review. There's no substitute for reading it - if you want to understand where contemporary philosophy is coming from. Being and Time by Martin Heidegger is an ocean of infinite gems. It is one of those books, which require re-reading only to discern new motifs surfacing up every time. No single review can fully justify the thoughts running throughout the book. I did try jotting down few thoughts but am sure I still have missed some of them, which I might add later after reading it the second time. Coming straight to book, ‘Being’ does not means presence, rather being is time and likewise never really shows its p Being and Time by Martin Heidegger is an ocean of infinite gems. It is one of those books, which require re-reading only to discern new motifs surfacing up every time. No single review can fully justify the thoughts running throughout the book. I did try jotting down few thoughts but am sure I still have missed some of them, which I might add later after reading it the second time. Coming straight to book, ‘Being’ does not means presence, rather being is time and likewise never really shows its presence. A being is more than what it actually looks like, its limitation is more than its physical dimension. By defining any object or being as per its usefulness or appearance or even concept is to exaggerate a particular character to give it a grotesque effect. Since, there is always more to what one perceives. Defining never captures the essence of being. Even if we stare a thing, we do not see its complete picture, the wholeness is always missing. There is some part of the object, which is always hidden; Heidegger uses the term “withdrawal” to this phenomenon. Heidegger’s concept of time too is not limited to watch or calendar rather it is a kind of temporality that can be experienced in any single moment. For instance, we use our tools without explicitly noticing them, like hammer. Our radar of focus is the thing we are building than tools or hammer we are using. Even if it (the hammer) breaks, it will remain more than what we are seeing, a broken tool. This implies, the being of hammer is always absent, even if it works underneath the entire building operation. However, the hammer or the things around us, be it trees, candles, table or books are not always absent. Had they been in the state of absence, there would have been no relation between these objects and us. A book for me is a voyage, a learning expedition but the same book for a baby is nothing more than a rectangular thing with pages to fiddle about, thus, the person who encounters an object determines its presence, which again is not the object’s complete picture. Joining the two pieces of the mentioned thought processes together create the two sides of a story. First is, the part of an object that is hidden, to which Heidegger calls “past” and the second, characteristics that make thing present, word used for this is “future”. By combining these two entities, a new form of “present” is born, which is torn between being of things and the physical dimension that is perceived by us. The world is continuously moving back and forth between these two entities; Heidegger has called this endless tossing as “time”. It is with this audacious thought, Heidegger questions the credibility of history of philosophy that till then have limited the objects to their mere presence, thus ignoring the other side, which as per him, completes the entire reality. Modern technology too has reduced the objects merely to their presence by focusing only on the utility functions. According to Heidegger, concept of time is only relevant to beings and not to any inanimate objects. As indicated by his theory, humans are the only entities that exist in the world, rest of the objects do not have access of the surrounding world. Dasein is the German term that has not been translated, which signifies ‘human existence’ or the ‘state of being’ in his entire work. The term cannot be replaced with ‘human being’ since the word is already saturated with lots of conventional theories and prejudices. For instance, human beings are considered higher mammals with rational abilities, creatures that build up structures with the help of tools, advanced African Apes, curious beings that play around with technologies or mortal bodies encasing immortal souls. Heidegger wanted to minus these theories completely, so he created Dasein, which can only be looked with a single beam of philosophical light and character of which is only temporality. Objects like tree, stone, table can have a present-at-hand single physical view but human beings like coin have two-dimensional interplay and this interplay is termed as ‘time’. This thought process of Heidegger’s echoes Critique of Pure Reason, the famous 18th century work by Immanuel Kant. As stated by Kant in 'first critique,' philosophically, discussing things as they are have no bottom line. Limitations of humans with respect to their experiences are one of the major hurdles in defining the actuality. It is beyond the understanding of humans to comprehend something to its completeness. For example, humans cannot comprehend whether space and time can exist independent with respect to themselves (humans). However, they can assert that both are necessary for human survival. It is next to impossible for humans to decipher as to what or how it is to feel outside human experience. The dimension is still unexplored and unfathomable for human beings. Thus, Heidegger in B&T refers to the interplay between the actuality of things that is of course hidden on one hand while the oversimplified shimmering appearance of objects on the other. His ideas are simple but the Heideggerian terminologies make this work slightly difficult to read. Still the book has its own charm. Writing a thorough review would mean, submitting a thesis on B&T. As mentioned at the beginning, I’m gonna sit again to read the book and this time, and sure more ideas would surface to add to my existing review. Sein und Zeit = Being and Time, Martin Heidegger (1889 - 1976) Being and Time (German: Sein und Zeit) is a 1927 book by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, in which the author seeks to analyse the concept of Being. عنوانها: وجود و زمان؛ هستی و زمان؛ نویسنده: مارتین هایدگر؛تاریخ نخستین خوانش: بیست و ششم ماه سپتامبر سال 2008 میلادی عنوان: هستی و زمان؛ اثر: مارتین هایدگر؛ مترجم: سیاوش جمادی؛ مشخصات نشر: تهران، ققنوس، چاپ دوم 1387، در 942 ص، موضوع: هستی شناسی، فضا و زمان نخستین بار با عنوان: «وجود Sein und Zeit = Being and Time, Martin Heidegger (1889 - 1976) Being and Time (German: Sein und Zeit) is a 1927 book by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, in which the author seeks to analyse the concept of Being. عنوانها: وجود و زمان؛ هستی و زمان؛ نویسنده: مارتین هایدگر؛تاریخ نخستین خوانش: بیست و ششم ماه سپتامبر سال 2008 میلادی عنوان: هستی و زمان؛ اثر: مارتین هایدگر؛ مترجم: سیاوش جمادی؛ مشخصات نشر: تهران، ققنوس، چاپ دوم 1387، در 942 ص، موضوع: هستی شناسی، فضا و زمان نخستین بار با عنوان: «وجود و زمان» با ترجمه منوچهر اسدی، توسط انتشارات پرسش، در سال 1385 چاپ و منتشر شده است هستی و زمان هایدگر یک مقدمه است و یک بخش. هایدگر در مقدمه به پرسش دربارهٔ بودن یا هستی اشاره میکند. ایشان این ضرورت را وجود شناسی و هستی شناسی تشخیص میدهد. بر پایه اول موضوع اصلی خود بودن است و انسان نیز از آن منظر دیده میشود. بر پایه دوم منظر بودنیها است که محور است. This book will change your life.if you can understand it. Heidegger is a brilliant man who sees the world in a way that is very different, yet very familiar at the same time. This work laid the foundation for a lot of modern philosophy. If you aren't familiar already with the concept of 'being-in-the-world', then it's suggested you take a class on Heidegger, or read a beginning or companion guide. You know how sometimes when you're driving a car, you forget that you're driving, and think to yo This book will change your life.if you can understand it. Heidegger is a brilliant man who sees the world in a way that is very different, yet very familiar at the same time. This work laid the foundation for a lot of modern philosophy. If you aren't familiar already with the concept of 'being-in-the-world', then it's suggested you take a class on Heidegger, or read a beginning or companion guide. You know how sometimes when you're driving a car, you forget that you're driving, and think to yourself, how did I end up here? If you want to know why that might be, check out Heidegger. This is the best book I have ever read. I had no problem with the translator, Joan Staumbaugh seemed to have done a very good job. I couldn't imagine reading this book in German even if I spoke fluent German because the way Heidegger appropriates words. This edition provides Heidegger's added footnotes and the edition provides a much needed and used by me Lexicon for the Latin and Greek phrases. I had no idea what 'Being and Time' was going to be about before I read it. Every synopsis that I had This is the best book I have ever read. I had no problem with the translator, Joan Staumbaugh seemed to have done a very good job. I couldn't imagine reading this book in German even if I spoke fluent German because the way Heidegger appropriates words. This edition provides Heidegger's added footnotes and the edition provides a much needed and used by me Lexicon for the Latin and Greek phrases. I had no idea what 'Being and Time' was going to be about before I read it. Every synopsis that I had ever come across through my Great Course lectures, history of philosophy books and youtube videos were completely off the mark. The book was a template on how I've approached my life up until now and I didn't realize that somebody else thought as similarly (but in formal philosophical structures) as I do about the nature of the human experience. (There is an incredibly nuanced presentation of the nature of science that runs through out the book that predates Thomas Kuhn's 'The Structures of Scientific Revolutions' but follows it substantially. We are thrown in to the world and must cope by our structure of care (and care is not what you think it means). Have no doubt about it this book reads difficulty. I would recommend skipping the introduction and read it after you've read the book. The book reads a lot like Finnegans Wake, but just realize that as in the Wake each sentence and paragraph has a reason for being placed in the book. I would strongly recommend listening to the Hubert Dreyfus 2007 course on the book given at University of California (Berkeley) freely available from Itunes before you start reading this book. If I had not, I would not have been able to finish the book. I make it a rule that after I have read a book I sell it back to the greatest used bookstore in the known universe, Coas in Las Cruces, NM. This book is the exception. I'll keep a copy for future re readings. This is one of the most rigorous and methodically constructed treatises you will find anywhere in philosophy. Heidegger is known for his difficulty, but this book holds an added challenge due to its cumulative dependence. What I mean is, you cannot possibly come to fully grasp the later sections of the book without grasping earlier sections. Every bit of the author's impressive terminology (whether it be a common term imbued with new meaning or a clever neologism) is systematically chosen, intro This is one of the most rigorous and methodically constructed treatises you will find anywhere in philosophy. Heidegger is known for his difficulty, but this book holds an added challenge due to its cumulative dependence. What I mean is, you cannot possibly come to fully grasp the later sections of the book without grasping earlier sections. Every bit of the author's impressive terminology (whether it be a common term imbued with new meaning or a clever neologism) is systematically chosen, introduced, questioned, and developed as the text moves along. If you have never read Heidegger before, expect to reread certain paragraphs at least twice before their meaning begins to dawn on you. If you are persistent, the meaning of his precisely formulated sentences will cause you to perceive the world in entirely new ways. I recommend - at least at first - taking this book in small doses. If you feel your mind wandering at all just stop and go back to it later. If you are looking to scan this book for tidbits of wisdom you will likely be disappointed. Alternately, I would plan on a commitment of at least a few months if you want to glean anything at all from the text. For those who have read Heidegger before: this book is definitely his magnum opus. Within it he establishes a point of departure for all of his later thought and works. It is also the most engaging and enlightening read you will encounter in his repertoire. Compared to Heidegger's post-kehre writings, you will find the material and style in Being and Time to be far more precise and clear [a very difficult feat indeed considering the elusive nature of the subject matter]. Also, reading this book more than once is a must! Do not be surprised if after the first read you feel as though you are missing something - you probably are. One of the most important philosophical books of the 20th century. Heidegger gives an idea of the ontological structures of existence. Some people have a love/hate relationship with this book, I sympathize with them:) My first read was in Greek and I found the translation to be challenging. It has nevertheless helped me to revaluate the book the second time I read it in English, I found it to be rewarding of my time and effort. If you haven't read Heiddeger before, it is not a good idea to star One of the most important philosophical books of the 20th century. Heidegger gives an idea of the ontological structures of existence. Some people have a love/hate relationship with this book, I sympathize with them:) My first read was in Greek and I found the translation to be challenging. It has nevertheless helped me to revaluate the book the second time I read it in English, I found it to be rewarding of my time and effort. If you haven't read Heiddeger before, it is not a good idea to start with this book. Read this and reviews of other classics in Western Philosophy on the History page of (a Production). --- It is hard to overstate the importance of Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time. It is a work that not only turned the world of philosophy upside down but it also inaugurated several new schools and movements - for example, existentialist phenomenology, popularized as existentialism, philosophical hermeneutics, and deconstruction. Although Heidegger p --- Read this and reviews of other classics in Western Philosophy on the History page of (a Production). --- It is hard to overstate the importance of Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time. It is a work that not only turned the world of philosophy upside down but it also inaugurated several new schools and movements - for example, existentialist phenomenology, popularized as existentialism, philosophical hermeneutics, and deconstruction. Although Heidegger published the manuscript prematurely (in order to be able to assume an academic position), and then abandoned the project before completing the ambitious plan outlined in this first volume, what we do have is a display of thinking unlike anything that came before him. In Being and Time, Heidegger sets out to “destroy” (“deconstruction” comes from a French translation of the German word destruktion) traditional “metaphysics of presence,” and clear the ground anew for ontology. He proposes to study Being from the perspective of “that being for whom being is an issue,” or the untranslatable Dasein, providing an analysis of Being that takes it back to Ancient and Presocratic though. His main problematic is how to discover the structure of Being, which begins with his analysis of Being as thrown-in-the-world and ends with an analysis of Being-towards-death and temporality as the essence of Dasein. This is the end point of much philosophizing, so understanding it requires some work. This most recent edition with a fresh translation by Stambaugh incorporates Heidegger’s margin notes and tracks (more faithfully) his technical usage of German terms. It is quite readable, although new readers will want to approach Being and Time as they would a text written in a language that they are learning - start reading and keep reading even if it seems impenetrable -- meaning begins to emerge through repetition and persistence. Readers interested in Heidegger’s influence should can Jean-Paul Sartre’s, Hans-Georg Gadamer’s, Emmanuel Levinas’, Gilles Deleuze’s, Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray’s, and Alain Badiou’s. --- Read this and reviews of other classics in Western Philosophy on the History page of (a Production). Being and Time is perhaps the most important philosophical book of the 20th century that is unless you’re an Analytic philosopher, in which case it is just nonsense. I personally, am all for a book that created Continental philosophy and goes further than Wittgenstein in its deconstruction of Metaphyics, Epistemology, the problem of mind and body, of the world, other minds, etc. Basically dissolving all traditional philosophical problems and foundations. As a philosophical text, Heidegger althou Being and Time is perhaps the most important philosophical book of the 20th century that is unless you’re an Analytic philosopher, in which case it is just nonsense. I personally, am all for a book that created Continental philosophy and goes further than Wittgenstein in its deconstruction of Metaphyics, Epistemology, the problem of mind and body, of the world, other minds, etc. Basically dissolving all traditional philosophical problems and foundations. As a philosophical text, Heidegger although difficult is not purposively being vague or obtuse, as some of those who have been influenced by him, his work when he does link it to the phenomenon is incredibly revealing and profoundly clear, as he mentions that being is that which is closest and furthest from us. This making his philosophy familiar and alien, simple and complex. Obvious at first but then plunging into layer upon layer of unconcealment, disclosing and unveiling, as this interconnects to a holistic world which is recognisable but hidden. His work is totally rewarding for those who take their time with it. The books opening gambit is the neglect of being in philosophy, he begins this with the question of what he calls the ready-to-hand as opposed to the present-to-hand, this is a question of our being. Are we beings that look at the world without context, say as looking at a table and conceiving that it has weight, colour, mass, substance, or do we use it without a second thought, or in fact with any thought at all? Do we present the world before us or do we act within it? Traditional philosophy, according to Heidegger, has made the metaphysical mistake that our way of being is that of the rational and the logical, to question the world as an object. Heidegger shows that we are part of the world, inseparable from it and the entities that are among us. From here Heidegger unveils Dasein and its world existingly. When I first began reading Heidegger, he was eschewed by the academic community as a Fascist. As these things generally go, he eventually reclaimed his status as a brilliant thinker and was once more, thank goodness, embraced by the academy. Though Heidegger's thinking underwent many changes over the course of his career and though existentialists of all sorts of explored the 'situatedness' of our experience, I've always been devoted to Being and Time for opening awareness to the complexities of When I first began reading Heidegger, he was eschewed by the academic community as a Fascist. As these things generally go, he eventually reclaimed his status as a brilliant thinker and was once more, thank goodness, embraced by the academy. Though Heidegger's thinking underwent many changes over the course of his career and though existentialists of all sorts of explored the 'situatedness' of our experience, I've always been devoted to Being and Time for opening awareness to the complexities of Dasein. Cultural studies, sociology, psychology, philosophy, history... Creative and culturally oriented observations in so many disciplines have been affected by this and other ideas in this book. A rival (in my mind) to Kant in his meticulous analysis--sometimes maddeningly so!-- Being and Time stands with few other books in terms of their influence on subsequent Continental Philosophic thinking. His ontological and epistemological investigations have profoundly influenced his successors, Gadamer and Derrida among them, and who hasn't gained from those thinkers' observations (and yes, I realize that's presupposing one can understand what Derrida is saying!)? This is a book I come back to again and again. Being and Time is probably the most difficult book I've ever read, even with the help of Dreyfus, Polt, and Blattner. (Who are great helps, all of them.) What's really interesting about the book is that Heidegger is simply describing basic everyday 'common sense,' but in order to get back to the common sense of Aristotle he has to deconstruct 500 years of western thinking. In order to do this he has to invent a new vocabulary that describes being in a extraordinarily rigorous and entirely new wa Being and Time is probably the most difficult book I've ever read, even with the help of Dreyfus, Polt, and Blattner. (Who are great helps, all of them.) What's really interesting about the book is that Heidegger is simply describing basic everyday 'common sense,' but in order to get back to the common sense of Aristotle he has to deconstruct 500 years of western thinking. In order to do this he has to invent a new vocabulary that describes being in a extraordinarily rigorous and entirely new way. He does this brilliantly, but learning his language and methodology is not easy. But why should it be? He's asking us to jettison the way we've learn to think about being. He's challenging us to start over again from scratch and examine ourselves and our relationship to the world anew. There's no easy way to do this. Writing a 'review' of this book, which I understand in only the most tenuous way, is patently ridiculous. But it has changed the way I read philosophy, and I though I'm not ready to sign on to Heidegger's ontology without reservation, I don't regret one minute of the frustration this book has provided me. It's an exquisitely rewarding frustration. Reposting my short review from the version, which no-one seems to post upon, despite (though this is only my opinion)Stambaugh's translation being superior. A truly great work from a man whose thought only progressed from here. A book that one must read and reflect upon much more than once. It will ever be on my list of to-reread. Heidegger opened the space for what philosophy is destined to become, if it is to remain alive. Also, I agree with many others that this is not the best w Reposting my short review from the version, which no-one seems to post upon, despite (though this is only my opinion)Stambaugh's translation being superior. A truly great work from a man whose thought only progressed from here. A book that one must read and reflect upon much more than once. It will ever be on my list of to-reread. Heidegger opened the space for what philosophy is destined to become, if it is to remain alive. Also, I agree with many others that this is not the best way to get into Heidegger, although in some ways it is. I would suggest perhaps starting with this, reading his other works, and keep coming back to this. It is meant to be reflected upon more than once, and reading it after Heidegger's later works brings out so much more as well. You will be lost at first, but aren't we all always lost, and simply blinding ourselves from this fact through comfort and distraction? An incredibly difficult read, but well worth the effort. You have to work to learn Heidegger's language, but once you get the hang of it you can follow this masterpiece of Western Philosophy. This book is the foundation of all of Heidegger's thought and the culmination of 2 milllenia of Philosophic thought from Plato to Nietzsche and Husserl. At root this is really a book about Me and my relationship to the world I live in and my being in it. It helped me see things in a more profound way than I An incredibly difficult read, but well worth the effort. You have to work to learn Heidegger's language, but once you get the hang of it you can follow this masterpiece of Western Philosophy. This book is the foundation of all of Heidegger's thought and the culmination of 2 milllenia of Philosophic thought from Plato to Nietzsche and Husserl. At root this is really a book about Me and my relationship to the world I live in and my being in it. It helped me see things in a more profound way than I had before. There are other essays and books by Heidegger that are more enjoyable reads, but without the foundation and context of Being and Time you're likely to be confused while reading them. I've read both translations of Being & Time and the Macquarrie and Robinson translation is far superior in my opinion. It gives you a much better feel for what Heidegger was endeavoring to convey than the Stambaugh version. One of the most important books in philosophy. Unfortunately, this cannot be read by a novice. It would help to know phenomenology, existentialism, and a fair amount of the history of philosophy. The best summary for this book is actually the Yeats line asking how can you tell the dancer from the dance. Heidegger shows how meaning cannot be separated from its context and puts what may be the last nails in the platonic idealist notion of a humans having a knowledge of some reality of forms. Heide One of the most important books in philosophy. Unfortunately, this cannot be read by a novice. It would help to know phenomenology, existentialism, and a fair amount of the history of philosophy. The best summary for this book is actually the Yeats line asking how can you tell the dancer from the dance. Heidegger shows how meaning cannot be separated from its context and puts what may be the last nails in the platonic idealist notion of a humans having a knowledge of some reality of forms. Heidegger follows Husserl, who is almost unreadable by most people. Heidegger leads to Sartre and the Existentialist crowd, who take various turns at literary, political and other incarnations of how meaning is embedded in context. He is also the philosophical Father of Derrida, who takes the ontological notion of meaning one step further to say not only can we not remove meaning from context, but because of that we can also never really ever guarantee truth. Heidegger is the seeds of all this. Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) was a German philosopher whose work is perhaps most readily associated with phenomenology and existentialism, although his thinking should be identified as part of such philosophical movements only with extreme care and qualification. His ideas have exerted a seminal influence on the development of contemporary European philosophy. They have also had an impact far beyo Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) was a German philosopher whose work is perhaps most readily associated with phenomenology and existentialism, although his thinking should be identified as part of such philosophical movements only with extreme care and qualification. His ideas have exerted a seminal influence on the development of contemporary European philosophy. They have also had an impact far beyond philosophy, for example in architectural theory (see e.g., Sharr 2007), literary criticism (see e.g., Ziarek 1989), theology (see e.g., Caputo 1993), psychotherapy (see e.g., Binswanger 1943/1964, Guignon 1993) and cognitive science (see e.g., Dreyfus 1992, 2008; Wheeler 2005; Kiverstein and Wheeler forthcoming). “Why are there beings at all instead of nothing? That is the question. Presumably it is not arbitrary question, 'Why are there beings at all instead of nothing'- this is obviously the first of all questions. Of course it is not the first question in the chronological sense [.] And yet, we are each touched once, maybe even every now and then, by the concealed power of this question, without properly grasping what is happening to us. In great despair, for example, when all weight tends to dwindle away from things and the sense of things grows dark, the question looms.” —. Come up with an idea. 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Obtaining a Mortgage • Gather Information on Mortgage Rates and Fees • Researching Mortgages Online • Work With a Mortgage Broker • Interview Lenders • Credit and Income Preapproval • Get Your House Appraised 14. Buying a House When You Already Own One • Check the Housing Market Carefully • How to Briefly Own Two Houses • Tax Breaks for Selling Your Home 15. What Will You Offer? • How a Contract Is Formed • Decide What You Will Offer • What Is the Advertised Price? • How Much Can You Afford? • What Are Prices of Comparable Houses? • Is the Local Real Estate Market Hot or Cold? • Is the House Itself Hot or Cold? • What Are the Seller’s Needs? • Is the House Uniquely Valuable to You? • How Much Are You Willing to Pay? • Making the Final Price Decision • Other Ways to Make Your Offer Attractive 16. Putting Your Offer in Writing • What Makes an Offer Legally Valid • How Offers and Counteroffers Are Made • What Your Purchase Agreement Should Cover 17. Presenting Your Offer and Negotiating • Notify the Seller of Your Offer • Present Your Offer • The Seller’s Response to Your Offer • Negotiate by Counteroffers • An Offer Is Accepted—A Contract Is Formed • Revoking an Offer or Counteroffer • Making a Backup Offer 18. After the Contract Is Signed: Escrow, Contingencies, and Insurance • Open Escrow • Remove Contingencies • Obtain Homeowners' Insurance • Obtain Title Report and Title Insurance • Conduct Final Physical Inspection of Property • Closing Escrow 19. Check Out a House’s Condition • Evolution of California's Disclosure Requirements • Real Estate Transfer Disclosure Statement • Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement • Earthquake and Seismic Disclosures • Environmental Hazards • Lead • Disclosure of Deaths • Disclosure of Military Ordnance • Local Disclosures • Inspecting the Property Yourself • Arranging Professional Inspections • Are the Repairs Really Needed? • Who Pays for Defects? • Ask for a Home Warranty 20. Legal Ownership: How to Take Title • One Unmarried Person • Two or More Unmarried People • Couple or Domestic Partners Owning Together • Married Person Owning Alone • Partnership • Avoiding Having the Property Go Through Probate 21. If Something Goes Wrong During Escrow • The Seller Backs Out • The Seller Refuses to Move Out • You Back Out • The Seller Dies • You Discover a Defect in the Property • The House Is Destroyed by Natural Disaster (Fire, Earthquake, Flood) • House-Hungry Martians Take Possession of the House • Finding a Lawyer Appendixes A. Welcome to California • Climate and Geography • Natural Hazards • Pollution • Nuclear Plants • Schools • Traffic • Crime B. Real Estate Websites • Top Real Estate Websites • How to Find a California Statute Online C. Planning Your Move • Tax-Deductible Moving Expenses and Costs of Sale • Moving Checklist: Two Weeks Before Moving • Things to Remember While Packing • Who Should Get Changes of Address • Things to Do After Moving In D. Using the Downloadable Forms • Editing RTFs • List of Forms Index. Chapter 1 Describe Your Dream Home You Know the House You Want to Buy...... 4 Don’t Be Talked Into Buying the Wrong House.... 4 Identify Your Ideal House Profile....... 5 Must Haves: Mandatory Priorities...... 5 Hope to Have: Secondary Priorities...... 6 Absolute No Ways......... 6 Create a House Priorities Worksheet...... 6 Prepare a House Comparison Worksheet..... 8 You Know the House You Want to Buy Given your family’s needs, tastes, and finances, you probably already have a good idea of the type of house you want to buy. Because this is true, we skip the typical first chapter in many home buyers’ books, in which the author compares such things as the joys of living on a dusty road in outer suburbia to the convenience of living in a townhouse in a major city. If you haven’t already thought these things through, you may need to do some critical self-evaluation before beginning your home search. SKIP Ahead Already found the house you want and mainly interested in the ins and outs of financing? Skip ahead to Chapter 2, How Much House Can You Afford? Don’t Be Talked Into Buying the Wrong House Many California buyers face an affordability gap between the house they’d like to buy and the one they can afford. “After years of declining prices, California has become a strong seller’s market,” says Ira Serkes. Without an organized house-buying approach, you might be talked into compromising on the wrong house by friends, relatives, a real estate agent, or even yourself. I know my own mind,” you say. “Don’t be too sure,” we reply. Every day, confident and knowledgeable home seekers become so anxious and disoriented that they leap into deals they later come to regret. Here is our method to ensure that you buy a house you’ll enjoy living in: Firmly establish your priorities before looking at houses. Insist that any house you offer to buy meets at least your most important priorities (even if you must compromise in other areas). In the following sections, we help you consider a range of house features, establish your priorities, and compare potential houses. Tips on Searching New Places Perhaps you’ve heard it said that choosing a house’s location wisely is as important as picking a good house. In a state the size of California, it’s a vast understatement to say you have a lot of locations to choose from. To help you think about specific California areas, we include Appendix A, Welcome to California. Despite the title, Welcome to California isn’t meant only for newcomers to the state. Whether you’re a San Franciscan moving closer to a San Ramon job, a New Yorker relocating to Los Angeles, or simply someone unfamiliar with certain California areas, you’ll find a wealth of information. In addition, in Chapter 5 we discuss working with a local real estate agent to get essential information on neighborhoods. But there’s still no substitute for your own legwork. Chat with friends and colleagues, walk and drive around neighborhoods, talk to local residents, read local newspapers, check the library’s community resources files, visit the local planning department, and do whatever else will help you get a better sense of a neighborhood or city. Identify Your Ideal House Profile It’s easy to become overwhelmed by the array of home choices, from size to style to floor plan and fixtures. Then, there’s the issue of location—houses come in all sorts of neighborhoods, school districts, and potential hazard zones (fire, earthquake, and flood, to name a few). And, of course, price and purchase terms are crucial considerations. To cope with all these and at least a dozen other relevant variables, it’s essential to establish your priorities in advance and stick to them. The first step is to identify house features most important to you by completing our Ideal House Profile, which lists all major categories such as upper price limit, number and type of rooms, and location. A sample is shown below. [form appears here in the actual copy of the book, but is not available in this free chapter] You can download a copy of the Ideal House Profile. Go to the companion Web page for this book after purchase; you’ll find the URL in Appendix D. If you’re buying with another person, prepare your list of priorities together, so that each person’s strong likes and dislikes are respected and you have any arguments before you’re with a real estate agent. Must Haves: Mandatory Priorities Use the Ideal House Profile to name what you must have in a house, such as a particular city or neighborhood. Since price is an obvious consideration, fill in the top section first. For example, under Upper price limit you might note $800,000, with a Maximum down payment of $160,000. Then fill in the rest of the form. Tip Pay close attention to the School needs category. If you have children, buying a great house at a great price in a lousy school district may mean years of paying for private schools. By contrast, paying a little more for a good house in an excellent school district may be a bargain in the long run. And if you plan to move in a few years, it will be easier to sell a house in a good school district, because that feature is important to many potential buyers. If you have two kids, you might note that three bedrooms, excellent public schools, and a street with lots of children are must haves. If you plan to live in the house after retirement, a minimal number of stairs and short distances to shops and services may be must haves. Hope to Have: Secondary Priorities Once you’ve compiled your list of must haves, jot down features that you’d like but aren’t crucial to your decision of whether to buy. For example, under Type of yard and grounds, you might note patio and flat back yard in the Hope to Have column. Or under Number and type of rooms, you might list finished basement or master bedroom with bath. Take a second look at your Must Have column. If you’re typical, you may wonder how you will ever afford a house with the features you’ve listed. Don’t despair—at least, not until you understand the strategies (discussed in Chapter 3) to help you buy an affordable house. For now, you might need to change a couple of must haves to “hope to haves.” Absolute No Ways Be sure to list your “Absolute no ways” (you will not buy a house that has any of these features) at the bottom of the Ideal House Profile. Avoiding things you’ll always hate—such as a house in a flood zone, poor school district, or high-crime area—can be even more important than finding a house that contains all your mandatory priorities. If you’re moving into a new-house development or condominium, be sure to check into covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs), which may be quite detailed and restrict everything from the color of your house to your landscaping. (CC&Rs are discussed in more detail in Chapter 7.) Once you’ve completed your Ideal House Profile, you’re ready to create a House Priorities Worksheet, which will help you see how each house stacks up with your priorities. Create a House Priorities Worksheet Now use the information collected in your Ideal House Profile to create a master House Priorities Worksheet. Enter the relevant information under each major category—Must Have, Hope to Have, and Absolute no ways. A sample is shown below. Form You can download a copy of the House Priorities Worksheet. Go to the companion Web page for this book; you’ll find the URL in Appendix D. Once you have completed your House Priorities Worksheet to your (and your partner’s) satisfaction, make several copies to carry with you on home visits. For each house you see, fill in the top of the House Priorities Worksheet. As you walk around and talk to the owner or agent, enter a check mark if the house has a desirable or undesirable feature. Also, make notes next to a particular feature if it can be changed to meet your needs (for example, an okay kitchen that could be modernized for $45,000). Don’t Be Fooled by Staged Homes House “staging” is now a regular practice in home sales. The right paint, furniture, music, and smells can create illusions that would make Martha Stewart and Houdini jealous. Furniture is often extra small to make the house look large. The point is to optimize the charms of a house. Also, notes coauthor Ira Serkes, “Your first impression of the home is likely to come from online photos; but keep in mind that one reason sellers stage their homes is that photos of staged homes look far better than those of vacant ones.” So if you visit a house that just reeks of charm—look behind, above, and below. Imagine it empty, or with your own furniture, office equipment, kids’ toys, and toothbrushes. Add comments at the bottom, such as “potential undeveloped lot next door” or “neighbors seem friendly.” If you look at a lot of houses, taking notes such as these will help make sure you don’t forget important information. You should seriously consider only those houses with all or most of your must haves and none of your no ways. If you visit a nice, reasonably priced house that doesn’t come close to matching your list and can’t be easily changed to do so, say no. Take the time to find a more suitable house; you’ll be glad you did. Tip Set up a good filing system. As the list of houses you look at grows, failing to adopt a good system may lead to revisiting houses you’ve already seen and rejected or making decisions based on half-remembered facts. For each house that seems like a possible prospect, make a file that includes a completed House Priorities Worksheet, the information materials provided when you toured the home, the Multiple Listing Service information, ads, and your notes. Or, if you are more digitally inclined, set up a simple database with key details on each house you visit. (For advice, see “Organizing Your House Search” in Chapter 6.) Prepare a House Comparison Worksheet If, like many people, you look at a considerable number of houses over an extended period of time—or even in the space of a week—you may soon have trouble distinguishing or comparing their features. That’s where our House Comparison Worksheet comes in. Across the top of the form, list the addresses of the three or four houses you like best. In the left column, fill in your list of priorities and no ways from your Ideal House Profile and House Priorities Worksheet. Then put a check mark on the line under each house that has that feature to allow for a quick comparison. A sample is shown below. Ideal House Profile Upper price limit: $800,000 Maximum down payment: $240,000 Special financing needs: N/A Must Have Hope to Have Neighborhood or location: Northern Berkeley 3 Near Oxford Street 3 School needs: Berkeley High School 3 Desired neighborhood features: Quiet street with little traffic 3 Walking distance to Solano Avenue 3 Neighborhood association 3 Lots of trees 3 Length of commute: Maximum of 15 minutes drive to Berkeley office 3 Access to public transportation: Walking distance to S.F. This Book Comes With a Website Nolo’s award-winning website has a page dedicated just to this book, where you can: DOWNLOAD FORMS - All forms in this book are accessible online. 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Your use of this website constitutes acceptance of the,, and. People tend to believe that banks will do anything to unload foreclosures, including letting you buy properties for 50 percent of their value or less. Not true, in most instances. Why the Price of a Foreclosure Can Appear Cheap You can buy a foreclosure generally for much less than its original loan balance, especially in a declining market. But that doesn't mean the bank will sell the property for less than market value. The might be 50 percent less than the last time the home sold, but that foreclosure price will generally reflect the value of the homes around it. If you see a foreclosure advertised in MLS, it's at market value for its condition and location. It is not a steal. But the perception that foreclosures are a 'steal' persist, regardless. Where to Find a Cheap Foreclosure to Buy I often receive calls from investors asking me about cheaply, and the truth is it's rare to find such a listing in the. They hire to prepare an estimate of value and tell them how much they can get. The agent takes the condition of the home into consideration and names a price. Then other agents in the MLS compete to buy that home for their buyers. When buyers compete, are the result. Multiple offers tend to drive up the price. To find a cheap foreclosure, buyers need to reduce the competition for that foreclosure. Here are three places to look for cheap foreclosures. Buy a cheap foreclosure at a trustee's or sheriff's auction. You can find notices of auctions online and in local newspapers. There are a number of websites that post information on auctions, and some such as might offer a free 30-day trial. You typically pay cash at public auctions and buy the home in its. Smart buyers pay a title company to do a preliminary search prior to bidding. If there are liens such as taxes, delinquent homeowners association (HOA) dues or superior loans, those stay with the home. There will be the sharks and pros at public auctions, and they will probably win the house, not you. Buy a cheap foreclosure at a private online auction. Auction houses generally advertise in newspapers and online. These marketing guys might travel around the country holding auctions at hotels. A private auction house often will let you obtain financing to buy a cheap foreclosure. You can also bring a to represent you. Some auction companies will let you inspect the foreclosures prior to bidding. But you should be prepared to set a limit and be careful to not get carried away by the excitement created during the bidding process. Otherwise, you can overpay for that cheap foreclosure. Buy a cheap foreclosure directly from the bank. The best way to eliminate most of the competing buyers for a cheap foreclosure is to contact the bank directly. Banks are often willing to give a break on the price if a buyer/investor buys more than one home in a bulk-purchase package. 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The Harlot by the Side of the Road is the first book to shed light on strange biblical passages which have largely been ignored by ministers, priests and rabbies because they semed too awkward to examine. Johnathan Kirsch retells these `forbidden' stories in con-temporary English, alongside thr original text, and demonstrates that the people in biblical times were as vulnerable, confused and prone to weakness of the flesh and failure of the spirit as any character in Homer, Shakespere or Dostoevsky, and wrestled with the same problems of the heart and mind hat still confront us today. He also explains how each story found its way into the Bible, why it was originally suppressed-and examines the rituals, customs and politics that bring these extraordinary tales alive for the contempoary reader. These are words we rarely associate with the sacred text of the Bible. Yet in this brilliant new book, Jonathan Kirsch shows that the Old Testament is filled with some of the most startling and explicit stories in all of Western literature. These tales of seduction and rape, voyeurism and exhibitionism, intermarriage and illegitimacy, assassination and murder have been suppressed by religious authorities throughout history precisely because they are so shocking. 'You mean that's in the Bible?' Is the common reaction of the contemporary reader to the stories that Kirsch retells and explores. In The Harlot by the Side of the Road, Kirsch recounts these suppressed and mistranslated tales in the grand storytelling tradition. Here is the tale of Dinah, the young Israelite daughter raped by a princely suitor. The price for her hand in marriage? The circumcision of every man in his kingdom. Here, too, is the story of Lot's daughters, who, when faced with the possibility that they are the last survivors on earth, must copulate with their drunken father to continue their race. And the story of Tamar, the harlot by the side of the road, who must disguise herself as a prostitute and seduce her father-in-law in order to bear the child who has been promised her. Kirsch places each story within the political and social context of its time, and delves into the latest biblical scholarship to explain why each story was originally censored. He also brings to light when and WHERE each story was first written down, and how it found its way into the Bible. And he shows how these stories have something important to say to contemporary readers who might never pick up a Bible. Kirsch reveals that the Bible's real power lies in its unflinching lessons in human nature. 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Yesterday was a day of great joy in the Fryer household: At long last, the eBook I’ve been rather obsessively writing for the past few months (““) was finally published in the, the and in the respective Kindle stores for each country. I had uploaded the “standard” EPUB version which I created using to the, and let the site convert it to the proprietary Kindle “AZW” format. Everything looked good in the preview after I uploaded it, but once the book actually “went live” and I downloaded a preview I noticed the table of contents was not available. It turns out the KDP EPUB conversion process doesn’t include a table of contents. The iBooks application on the iPad does dynamically create a table of contents when viewing EPUBs, so it was disappointing to learn (at least at this point) direct EPUB conversions on the KDP site aren’t complete. To remedy this, I shared the issue on Twitter and also. A step-by-step guide to publishing a book or eBook and selling it on Amazon, Kindle, Apple iBooks and more. (a fellow ADE and guru when it comes to EPUBs) answered my call for help, my EPUB version to MOBI and then upload that to Amazon. (a free, open source eBook conversion and management program) maintains the table of contents when making the EPUB to MOBI conversion. I did this tonight, and used all default Calibre settings except one: I chose to put the generated Table of Contents at the start of the book rather than the end. I uploaded and published this new version on Amazon’s KDP website, and it will be available on the site (on the same link, and to previous buyers) within 24 hours. Amazon reviews each book prior to it “going live,” including updates to eBooks like this one. Tomorrow night I’m going to download the new version and verify it’s fine, but I’m 99% sure it will be. Thanks Charlene for your “just in time” Twitter help! (You’ll find Charlene among several smart folks I thanked and included in my eBook acknowledgements section.) The second item of good news relating to my eBook is this morning, I received a message from Apple that my had been approved. I’ve been researching and pursuing three alternative tracks for publishing my eBook on the iTunes iBookstore: • Publishing myself, directly, as my company “Speed of Creativity Learning LLC” • Publishing via a certified Apple iBookstore aggregator, • Publishing via, which is also a “certified Apple iBookstore aggregator” although not for multimedia EPUBs I haven’t had any luck publishing either my “standard EPUB” or “multimedia EPUB” on Lulu. From what I’ve read on various sites, it sounds like they have a very stringent EPUB validation process and it may include some requirements Apple doesn’t and they may do this to encourage people to use. I’m not sure if that allegation (which I read a few places) is correct or not, but I DO know the EPUBs which I exported right from Apple Pages did NOT pass muster on Lulu. Rather than spend time troubleshooting why and how to fix the problem, I’ve explored other options. LibreDigital sounded initially like a good option to check out, but the fact that they take 15% of gross revenue from an author made them seem less desirable or needed. As a result, this evening I’ve gone through the steps to publish my EPUB directly on the iBookstore. Here are a few observations and lessons learned. First of all, Apple provides a downloadable, Mac-only application content publishers must use to post content for sale on iTunes. The software application is iTunes Producer. Interestingly, the English WikiPedia article for “” has been deleted as of this writing. I’m guessing it will be restored and further developed in the weeks ahead. Sometimes this happens with new Wikipedia articles. Basically, iTunes Producer is used to enter all the META information for your eBook, along with the actual EPUB file and cover art. The program validates your EPUB format and uploads (delivers) your “package” of content to iTunes. Prior to using iTunes Producer, however, I had to setup all the contract details for my account with Apple. This included my business name/address, tax ID number, and bank account. I had to certify agreement with Apple’s iBookstore and iTunes, which means (among other things) they’ll keep 30% of gross revenues from my book sales. After getting my “contract” details finalized, I used iTunes Producer to enter all the meta info for my book and actual files. This initially looked like this: You might notice I chose to make the book available DRM free. This doesn’t mean I don’t want to make money from this eBook I certainly do. I have very mixed feelings about DRM, however, and generally support open content sharing. On Amazon as well as Barnes & Noble, when you initially publish an eBook you have to decide if you want to use DRM or not. That decision can’t be changed on Amazon or B&N once you set it. I didn’t use DRM on any of the three sites. If you’re not familiar with DRM (“digital rights management”) is pretty thorough and worth reading. One thing I wasn’t expecting was the option to include a “preview” file of my book. Amazon did this automatically, giving the first twenty pages or so of my book away as a “sample.” Apple’s iBookstore lets you specify if you want a preview/sample version and what to include. I chose to include the first ten pages of my third book chapter on “Audio.” I copied those pages into a new Pages document and exported that as a new EPUB I included in iTunes Producer. The big surprise (and disappointment) when I finally clicked ‘DELIVER’ in iTunes Producer was the following message, which indicated an illegal / unsupported video file was included in my eBook. This seemed very strange, since I’ve included in the multimedia version of this book play fine on my iPad when I preview them. I did some research on the iTunes Connect website, and found the following FAQ which inexplicably states rich media files (including videos) CANNOT be included in iBookstore EPUB eBooks. I submitted a question about this to the iTunes Connect team at Apple, and also asked the LibreDigital employee who I’ve been communicating with and inquiring about their services to explain this. That LibreDigital person had recommended I offer the multimedia EPUB version at a higher price than the standard version, so it MUST be possible to publish EPUBs with videos. Hopefully I’ll learn the answer to this tomorrow. It’s possible I need to change the file format of some or all my videos, but since THEY WORK NOW on my iPad that doesn’t seem sensible. My best guess at this point is Apple is requiring publishers to work with certified aggregators like LibreDigital when publishing multimedia eBooks. That may not be right either. Tomorrow I should find out and I’ll pass along what I learn. If you have insights about this please share them as comments. Since I ran into this problem, I decided to upload the “standard EPUB” version of my eBook to iTunes. That version uploaded fine without errors or problems. I did end up changing the META info for the book, since (although I thought I’d chosen it as a subcategory) iTunes Connect was showing my book categorized as “Engineering.” It also showed Rachel (my daughter and book illustrator) as a primary author, so I tried to fix both these problems. I updated this and just stuck with educational book categories. That worked, and the META info looks good now. A few final notes: I did purchase my ISBNs separately and a few months ago. Technically you are supposed to have separate ISBNs for each book format you publish, so a Kindle version needs a different ISBN than an EPUB version published in the iBookstore. Will sell you an ISBN for just $5, but they are the book rights owner in the ISBN directory. This might not matter for some folks, but I wanted to be the owner / publisher of record for this book so I bought the ISBNs. It took several days for Barnes and Noble to approve my account to, but as of this evening I’m delighted to report! I’m going to head to our local B&N in Oklahoma City this weekend and give the book a “test drive” on a Nook eReader, since we don’t own one. Hopefully the standard ePUB version of the book will be available later Friday in iTunes. The six countries I’ve authorized for iTunes sales (all now available to me) are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. I’ve added links to the Amazon Kindle Stores and B&N pages for the book on. This is an exciting process! Remember you can stay up to date with “Playing with Media”. I’m planning to record an audio podcast of some eBook writing and publishing lessons learned soon. Technorati Tags:,,,,,,,, Did you know Wes has published several eBooks and 'eBook singles?' 1 of them is available free! Do you use a smartphone or tablet? If you're trying to listen to a podcast episode and it's not working,. (Wes is migrating his podcasts to Amazon S3 for hosting.) Remember to follow Wesley Fryer on Twitter (), and. Also 'like' Wesley's Facebook pages for ' and his eBook, '.' Don't miss Wesley's latest technology integration project, '.' • - 2010 • - 2009 • - 2009 • - 2008 • - 2008 • - 2008 • - 2007 • - 2006 • - 2006 • - 2006. Thanks for the shout-out and great job of documenting your discoveries along the way! (I think you have earned guru status by now). If you think about it, most of the books in the iBookstore are text-based. However, there is a category in the iBookstore titled “Enhanced Books” — with “epub” books that contain multi-media, such as the free “read along” book titled “Dixie.” And then, there are other “books” containing multimedia that are sold as “Apps” — such as Al Gore’s “Our Choice” and Theo Gray’s “The Elements.” Since iBooks supports ePub files with embedded media, perhaps you could also sell an “iBooks” enhanced version from a link on your blog or website by using a Paypal shopping cart. You could provide a link to the enhanced version that you could share using something like Dropbox. (This would also save you from sharing your profits with the publisher.) • Pingback: () • Pingback: () •. Even writers without extensive design or publishing experience find they can publish their own digital books with iBooks Author—and the right training. Start here to learn how to create your own ebooks with this easy-to-use ebook publishing software. Follow along with Chris Mattia as he assembles a dynamic and engaging ebook for distribution on the iPad and EPUB readers. He includes all the features of a well-designed ebook, including text, images, audio, video, 3D models, and web content, as well as essential navigation tools such as links, bookmarks, and a table of contents. He also shows how leverage built-in templates to produce a beautifully designed and polished ebook without any extra effort, and customize and share your own iBooks templates. The course wraps up with a review of the iBooks EPUB workflow and the iBooks Store publishing process. Instructor •. An educator at heart, Chris Mattia helps improve learning through technology. He specializes in LMS & ed tech. Chris Mattia is an instructional designer and educational technologist with experience leveraging existing and emerging technologies to solve complex problems and enhance education. With over 15 years' experience in the education market, Chris has a proven track record of success in architecting solutions for scalability, reliability, availability, and profitability. He is passionate about improving lives through education using technology. His uniquely broad background encompasses product management, video production, systems administration, and systems ecology. Related courses • Course By: Mike Rankin 2h 37m 43s • Course By: Mike Rankin 2h 37m 43s • Course By: Mike Rankin 54m 18s • Course By: Mike Rankin 54m 18s • Course By: Mike Rankin 44m 42s • Course By: Mike Rankin 44m 42s • Course Transcript In the last movie, we stepped through the first two steps of the publishing process by creating our iTunes Connect account by downloading and installing iTunes Producer. We then finished off the process of exporting our book to iTunes Producer. Now, we'll finish off the process by completing all of the steps necessary to publish our book on the iBook Store inside of iTunes Producer. If you missed the last movie, you'll need to go back and follow the steps in that movie in order to catch up to where we are here. Now, let's publish our book. In iTunes Producer, we'll need to step through each of the different tabs at the bottom of our screen and at the top of our screen. We'll begin on the Info tab. All of the items that have the red asterisks next to them are required by iBook in order for us to publish our book. Some of the information should automatically be filled in, such as your Vendor ID. The next thing we need to fill out is the book type. When you click the drop-down menu here, • Practice while you learn with exercise files. Watch this course anytime, anywhere. Course Contents • Introduction Introduction • • • • • 1. Getting Started 1. Getting Started • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2. Working with Templates 2. Working with Templates • • • • • • • • • • • 3. Adding Text 3. Adding Text • • • • • • 4. Formatting Text 4. Formatting Text • • • • • • • • • 5. Working with Objects 5. Working with Objects • • • • • • • • 6. Working with Images 6. Working with Images • • • • • • 7. Working with Shapes 7. Working with Shapes • • • • • • 8. Working with Tables 8. Working with Tables • • • • • • • • • 9. Working with Charts 9. Working with Charts • • • • • • • 10. Working with Widgets 10. Working with Widgets • • • • • • • • • • 11. Creating Review Sections 11. Creating Review Sections • • • • • 12. Working Links and Bookmarks 12. Working Links and Bookmarks • • • • • • • 13. Working with ePubs 13. Working with ePubs • • • • • • 14. Exporting the Book 14. Exporting the Book • • • • • • • • Conclusion Conclusion •. |
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