ISBN10: 0300098413, ISBN13: 9780300098419, [publisher: New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003] Hardcover First Edition 1st Printing. 478 pages. Published in 2003. Landmark biography on subject. One of the finest intellectual biographies of our time. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original by a University Press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jean Grondin's "Hans-Georg Gadamer" in a felicitous English translation. The very first full-length biography on Gadamer. "One of the greatest philosophers of our era. He was also at the center of some of the century's darkest, most complex historical events, for he chose to remain in his native Germany in the 1930's, neither supporting Hitler nor actively opposing him, but negotiating instead an un-political position that allowed him to continue his philosophical work. In this magisterial book, Jean Grondin appraises Gadamer's life and achievement. Drawing on countless interviews with Gadamer and his contemporaries, Gadamer's personal correspondence, and extensive archival research, Grondin traces Gadamer's life as an academician and the development of his ideas, placing them in the context of his times. He sheds light on the genesis and accomplishment of Gadamer's major opus, 'Truth And ...