ABSTRACT
The first section of this chapter provides a general discussion of the nature of Dasein's timeliness as the 'meaning' of its being, that is, as what makes its being possible, distinguishes it from simple consciousness of events and objects in time, and indicates why Heidegger describes this basic condition of Dasein as 'timeliness,' with all the word's connotations. 1 Section 3.2 introduces Heidegger's general notion of 'ecstatic' timeliness and his technical vocabulary while Sections 3.3 and 3.4 discuss inauthentic and authentic timeliness as its two concrete modes. Section 3.5 examines Heidegger's existential notions of conscience and guilt, and Section 3.6 previews Dasein's historicality by examining Heidegger's formal analysis of it in Being and Time.
