Being and Time

Published in 1927, Martin Heidegger's Being and Time asks what it means for something to be. He approaches the question through an analysis of human existence, which he calls Dasein. Heidegger describes how people find themselves already thrown into a world of tools, others and moods, and how awareness of death shapes an authentic life. The book's ideas about time, care and everyday existence influenced existentialism, hermeneutics and much of modern philosophy. This edition uses the Macquarri…

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