What is being?

this question was central to the work of Martin
Heidegger, one of the twentieth century's most
influential philosophers

Heidegger believed that Western philosophy had
focused on beings and ignored the more basic
question of being itself; dismissing it as too vague
or too obvious to pursue

Being and Time, Heidegger's best known work,
places the focus on this most basic question

in this work, our being is examined in the context
of time; and the concepts of intention and becoming
are key

the BBC video below highlights Being and Time and
its key premises