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{{cquote|''Throughout his career, he sought to help us live more wisely. He wanted us to be braver about facing up to certain truths, and to lead richer, more thoughtful, happier lives. Philosophy was no academic exercise. It was – as it had been for the Ancient Greeks – a spiritual vocation and a form of therapy. He diagnosed modern humanity as suffering from a number of new diseases of the soul..''|||Alain de Botton}}

{{cquote|''Throughout his career, he sought to help us live more wisely. He wanted us to be braver about facing up to certain truths, and to lead richer, more thoughtful, happier lives. Philosophy was no academic exercise. It was – as it had been for the Ancient Greeks – a spiritual vocation and a form of therapy. He diagnosed modern humanity as suffering from a number of new diseases of the soul..''|||Alain de Botton}}

'''Martin Heidegger''' (1889–1976) was a German philosopher whose work is perhaps most readily associated with phenomenology and existentialism, although his thinking should be identified as part of such philosophical movements only with extreme care and qualification. His ideas have exerted a seminal influence on the development of contemporary European philosophy.<ref name=plato>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heidegger/ Martin Heidegger], ''The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy''</ref>

'''Martin Heidegger''' (1889–1976) was a [[German]] [[philosopher]] whose work is perhaps most readily associated with [[phenomenology]] and [[existentialism]], although his thinking should be identified as part of such philosophical movements only with extreme care and qualification. His ideas have exerted a seminal influence on the development of contemporary European philosophy.<ref name=plato>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heidegger/ Martin Heidegger], ''The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy''</ref>

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

Born in the rural, religious town of Meßkirch, Germany, Heidegger was greatly influenced by his upbringing and would hate technology, cities, and pop music for the rest of his life<ref name=book>[http://www.thebookoflife.org/the-great-philosophers-martin-heidegger/ The Great Philosophers: Martin Heidegger]; ''The Book of Life''</ref> (and he wasn't wrong for hating pop music). He went on to study theology at the University of Freiburg, but after two years in 1911, he swapped majors to philosophy. He started teaching philosophy in 1915, married in 1917 (to Elfride Petri).<ref name=plato2>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heidegger/#BioSke Martin Heidegger: Biographical Sketch]; ''The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy''</ref> Two inverse stopped clock moments happened in his life: his affair with [[Hannah Arendt]] in the 1920s and his joining of the Nazi party in 1933. He would leave the party in 1934 and would continue to distance himself from the party there afterward. He died in 1976 and is buried in Meßkirch.

Born in the rural, religious town of Messkirch, Germany, Heidegger was greatly influenced by his upbringing and would hate technology, cities, and pop music for the rest of his life<ref name=book>[http://www.thebookoflife.org/the-great-philosophers-martin-heidegger/ The Great Philosophers: Martin Heidegger]; ''The Book of Life''</ref> (and he wasn't wrong for hating pop music). He went on to study [[theology]] at the University of Freiburg, but after two years in 1911, he swapped majors to philosophy. He started teaching philosophy in 1915, married in 1917 (to Elfride Petri).<ref name=plato2>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heidegger/#BioSke Martin Heidegger: Biographical Sketch]; ''The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy''</ref> Two inverse stopped clock moments happened in his life: his affair with [[Hannah Arendt]] in the 1920s and his joining of the Nazi party in 1933. He would leave the party in 1934 and would continue to distance himself from the party there afterward. He died in 1976 and is buried in Messkirch.

== ''Sein und Zeit'' ==

== ''Sein und Zeit'' ==

{{cquote|''Published in 1927, Being and Time is standardly hailed as one of the most significant texts in the canon of (what has come to be called) contemporary European (or Continental) Philosophy. It catapulted Heidegger to a position of international intellectual visibility and provided the philosophical impetus for a number of later programmes and ideas in the contemporary European tradition, including [[Jean-Paul Sartre|Sartre's]] existentialism, [[Hans-Georg Gadamer|Gadamer's]] philosophical hermeneutics, and [[Jacques Derrida|Derrida's]] notion of ‘deconstruction’.''|||The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<ref name=plato2/>}}

{{cquote|''Published in 1927, Being and Time is standardly hailed as one of the most significant texts in the canon of (what has come to be called) contemporary European (or Continental) Philosophy. It catapulted Heidegger to a position of international intellectual visibility and provided the philosophical impetus for a number of later programmes and ideas in the contemporary European tradition, including [[Jean-Paul Sartre|Sartre's]] existentialism, [[Hans-Georg Gadamer|Gadamer's]] philosophical hermeneutics, and [[Jacques Derrida|Derrida's]] notion of ‘deconstruction’.''|||The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<ref name=plato2/>}}

Heidegger's magnum opus ''Sein und Zeit'' is a long, tedious book because of its various [[neologism]]s and impossible prose. It was written in 1927 and is largely considered influential.

Heidegger's magnum opus ''[[Sein und Zeit]]'' is a long, tedious book because of its various [[neologism]]s and impossible prose. It was written in 1927 and is largely considered influential.

{{cquote|<i>Nothing quite rivals the prose of his masterpiece Being and Time (1927) in terms of contortions and the sheer number of complex compound German words which the author coined, among them ‘Seinsvergessenheit’ (Forgetfulness of Being), ‘Bodenständigkeit’ (Rootedness-in-soil) and ‘Wesensverfassung’ (Essential Constitution).</i>|||Alain de Botton<ref name=book/>}}

{{cquote|<i>Nothing quite rivals the prose of his masterpiece Being and Time (1927) in terms of contortions and the sheer number of complex compound German words which the author coined, among them ‘Seinsvergessenheit’ (Forgetfulness of Being), ‘Bodenständigkeit’ (Rootedness-in-soil) and ‘Wesensverfassung’ (Essential Constitution).</i>|||Alain de Botton<ref name=book/>}}