Contains a series of lectures delivered by Heidegger in 1935 at the University
of Freiburg. In this work Heidegger presents the broadest and most intelligible
account of the problem of being, as he sees this problem. First, he discusses
the relevance of it by pointing out how this problem lies at the root not only
of the most basic metaphysical questions but also of our human existence in its
present historical setting. Then, after a short digression into the grammatical
forms and etymological roots of the word "being," Heidegger enters into a
lengthy discussion of the meaning of being in Greek thinking, letting pass at
the same