... Warnock 54). Heidegger is considered the first true Existentialist, although he himself would beg to differ. Nearly all Heidegger's works reiterate the theme that philosophy must return to the truth of Being and that only through a rediscovery of Being can modern man be saved from the chaos which threatens him (Grimsley 39). Heidegger insists that he is not an existentialist, but that ... thing to be predicted or manipulated; he exists as a conscious being, and not in accordance with any definition, essence, generalization, or system (Existentialism). Existentialism says that man is not...

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