Martin Heidegger
“In Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning), Heidegger builds on the notions of earth and world, which he had previously introduced in “The Origin of the Work of Art”, and introduces the concept of “the last god”. The result is a move away from the centrality of the phenomenological analyses of Dasein, toward the grounding of Dasein as a historical decision of human beings. Earth can be understood as the condition of possibilities for the world; neither earth nor world can exist without the other, and are thus engaged in a constant and productive struggle or strife. This struggle exists in the crossing from the “first beginning” of Western thought, which began with the ancient Greeks and determined the entire history of metaphysics, to the “other beginning”, which will move beyond metaphysics by properly and originally posing the question of the truth of being (Sein). In a parallel fashion, human beings counter god(s), and a space between these four points is opened up for the moment of “enowning”, which grounds the “essential sway” of being. The up-welling of the present comes from the future before itself. This means that the being in the now changes the being of the future and thus our utilization of our[who?] being in the past.”
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