First published in the original German in 1927, this translation first published in the US by Harper and Row Publishers in 1962, public domain. "What is the meaning of being?" 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.