In order to do this he has to invent a new vocabulary that describes being in a extraordinarily rigorous and entirely new wa. BEING AND TIME is like a giant toothy POWER SHOVEL for your MIND. 08. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. As a being for whom our being is a concern, this text is a must read for anyone who wishes to seriously think within the fields of philosophy, as many arguments can be made for the primacy of the ontological question in regards to philosophical thought. You have to work to learn Heidegger's language, but once you get the hang of it you can follow this masterpiece of Western Philosophy. There are four ways that a book may be difficult. In German. Being and Time is a long and complex book. That is the question. At root this is really a book about Me and my relationship to the world I live in and my being in it. It helps that I'm a philosophy major, and took a class on the book (which I honestly recommend NOT reading it unless you have someone who actually understands it helping you). Heidegger uses the word “ontology” (ie. Heidegger is known for his difficulty, but this book holds an added challenge due to its cumulative dependence. It would help to know phenomenology, existentialism, and a fair amount of the history of philosophy. Heidegger gives an idea of the ontological structures of existence. Each structural moment manifests what Heidegger calls a temporal ecstasy: The ahead of itself manifests the futural. They have also had an impact far beyond philosophy, for example in architectural theory (see e.g., Sharr 2007), literary criticism (see e.g., Ziarek 1989), theology (see e.g., Caputo 1993), psychotherapy (see e.g., Binswanger 1943/1964, Guignon 1993) and cognitive science (see e.g., Dreyfus 1992, 2008; Wheeler 2005; Kiverstein and Wheeler forthcoming). This book is the foundation of all of Heidegger's thought and the culmination of 2 milllenia of Philosophic thought from Plato to Nietzsche and Husserl. An incredibly difficult read, but well worth the effort. It's easier to make it a l. The most difficult book I can think of that despite its reputation as a colossus of incomprehensibility, it is a must-read. This work laid the foundation for a lot of modern philosophy. This book changed my life. Basically dissolving all traditional philosophical problems and foundations. would have helped if there was a reference book... can anyone suggest any? Think of BEING AND TIME as a self-help book for people whose souls have become MIRED AND CLOTTED WITH GRISTLE. Not for us poor souls the easy platitudes of ULYSSES and IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER. Yes. This is the book that make me decide to actually go into Philosophy, specifically 20th Century Continental. Some people have a love/hate relationship with this book, I sympathize with them :) My first read was in Greek and I found the translation to be challenging. Hardcore philosophy lovers, Derrida fans, One of the most important books in philosophy. Start by marking “Being and Time” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Heidegger is known for his difficulty, but this book holds an added challenge due to its cumulative dependence. Being and Time (Sein und Zeit) is a philosophical text written by 20th-century German philosopher Martin Heidegger. In Aristotelian terms, we could say that Time is the form of human life. I would rate this as the number one philosophical book written in the 1900's. This book is the foundation of all of Heidegger's thought and the culmination of 2 milllenia of Philosophic thought from Plato to Nietzsche and Husserl. 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