Being and Time

First published in the original German in 1927, this translation first published in the US by Harper and Row Publishers in 1962, public domain. &quote;What is the meaning of being?&quote; This is the central question of Martin Heidegger's profoundly important work, in which the great philosopher seeks to explain the basic problems of existence. A central influence on later philosophy, literature, art, and criticism -- as well as existentialism and much of postmodern thought.