Basic Writings: From Being and Time to the Task of Thinking (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)

What could one say about the colossus Martin Heidegger?A very interesting selection of his writings as a perfect introduction to his thought

Arcane in the extreme and virtually unreadable. Does anyone think this sort of obscure stuff is still meaningful? I managed to get about 10% of the way through before deciding I had better things to do with my time (or should I say my 'being and time'?).There are many more useful philosophy books around. Pick pretty much any one and you will do better than reading this. IMHO, that is.