being of beings

Far more interesting is Heidegger’s decision about which entity should be “interrogated” in the question of being. He begins by saying that beings must be interrogated to learn about their being. But just one paragraph later, it is human Dasein alone that is hauled in for questioning. Since it is humans who ask the question of the meaning of being, he thinks that we need to clarify the being of the human questioner in order to understand the question properly. Even so, this can only be a first step. As Heidegger memorably puts it: the being of beings is not itself a being.

being of beings, n.All

being of beings