ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how Martin Heidegger’s thought about the ontological difference and G. W. F. Hegel’s dialectical thought differ from each other. According to Heidegger, the dimension within which the regress to the foundations takes place is characterized by one word: finitude. Whereas Heidegger maintains that Critique of Pure Reason (CPR), to the degree it is faithful to its intention, reveals the one and only topic of philosophy, Hegel maintains to the contrary that only in spite of its intention does CPR reveal that topic. Not only does Heidegger write that nihilation comes to the fore in and through the dialectic, but he himself recognizes and points out the affinity of the themes of truth and circle. The traditional concept of the essence of truth brings two themes together: the locus of truth is the assertion, and the essence of truth consists in the correspondence of the assertion with its object.
