M. Heidegger, what is philosophy?

Abstract

In the first lecture he gave in France in 1955 Heidegger discusses the question “what is philosophy?” Discussing Greek and modern answers from Heraclitus to Nietzsche to that question Heidegger also develops his own philosophy in this relatively short text. Of the highest importance are the relations between being and language and being and Dasein. Philosophy is only possible if it answers the call of being. The lecture offers a beautiful introduction into Heidegger’s later philosophy.