Saving the Last Word: Heidegger and the Concluding Myth of Plato’s Republic

Why does Heidegger refuse to pursue another reading of Plato? Why does he refuse to search out that Plato who is not already on his way to Platonistic metaphysics? This refusal can hardly be attributed to a simple oversight. What is most astounding is that Heidegger not only never excludes this other reading but that he in fact rigorously and repeatedly insists upon it as necessary, privileging it…