This revised and expanded edition of Martin Heidegger's Basic Writings includes ten key essays and the Introduction to Being and Time. Basic Writings is a concise introduction to the thought of this controversial and important twentieth-century philosopher. David Farrell Krell has expanded and improved this collection by adding `The Way to Language' and including the complete version of `The Origin of the Work of Art'. The complete selection is: Being and Time: Introduction What is Metaphysics? On the Essence of Truth The Origin of the Work of Art Letter on Humanism Modern Science, Metaphysics, and Mathematics The Question Concerning Technology Building Dwelling Thinking What Calls for Thinking? The Way to Language The End of Philosophy and the Task of Thinking