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How did Martin Heidegger refer to National Socialism in Introduction to Metaphysics?
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German philosopher of hermeneutics and existentialism Martin Heidegger.
In his 1953 book Introduction to Metaphysics, Martin Heidegger retrospectively referred to National Socialism by praising what he described as its "inner truth and greatness."12
Heidegger repeated this remark from a 1935 lecture, and he notably never publicly disavowed his association with the Nazi Party or his political past following the end of World War II.12