The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Heidegger and the Other Commencement -- HEIDEGGER'S GREEK CONNECTION -- Anaximander -- Parmenides -- Heraclitus -- HEIDEGGER AND THE POETS -- Poetry and Thinking -- Poetry and Language -- Hölderlin, the Foreign, and Translation -- HEIDEGGER AND THE "EAST" -- Early Heidegger and Comparative Philosophy -- Later Heidegger and Comparative Philosophy -- CONCLUDING HEIDEGGER -- 2. Derrida: Otherness, Context, and Openness -- DECONSTRUCTING THE IDEAS BEHIND METAPHYSICS -- Misreading Derrida -- Beyond Heidegger? -- LANGUAGE, TEXT, AND TRANSLATION IN DERRIDA -- DERRIDA IN COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY -- Identity and Openness -- Derrida's Hints at Different Cultures -- "The Other Is Already There, Irreducibly."102 -- CONCLUDING DERRIDA -- 3. Rereading Daoism -- The Other Way -- METAPHYSICAL READINGS OF DAOIST PHILOSOPHY -- THE METAPHYSICAL TRADITION AND COMPARISON -- THE POSSIBILITY OF DIFFERENCE -- Interpretations of Classical Chinese Language -- INCONSTANCY OF DAO :NO TRANSCENDENCE NECESSARY -- Inside & Outside: The Gateway (Men ) -- CONCLUDING DAOISM -- 4.Thinking, Philosophy, and Language: Comparing Heidegger, Derrida, and Classical Daoism -- METAPHYSICS, DIFFERENCE, AND COMPARISONS -- Difference and Comparison -- Metaphysics and Comparison -- THINKING AND PHILOSOPHY -- HEIDEGGER AND DAOISM -- Derrida and Daoism -- LANGUAGE IN COMPARISON -- "BEYOND" THE INVERSION OF OPPOSITES -- ETHICAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUDING THE COMPARISON -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.