Max Scheler's Metaphysics (Report‪)‬

1. Introduction Max Scheler's metaphysical writings are largely concentrated in Volume 11 of his Collected Works (1), a volume that I translated in 2008 (2). The writings reflect his thoughts on metaphysics in the last years of his life--mid-1920's--and are essential to any understanding of his philosophy. They are, moreover, some of the most profound thoughts on the nature of the human being ever proposed. No-one venturing into the subject should ignore them. The only previous attempts to summarise them have been Frings' two books (3, 4), Frings being the editor of his Collected Works after the death of the previous editor, his third wife.