However, he only occasionally refers to Dasein’s sociality, and throughout Being and Time there are sections where Heidegger seems to be setting out a more robust social structure which would allow us to understand how this Being-with-Others takes place. In Being and Time Heidegger posits Dasein’s Being as essentially Being-with-Others. I will explore the notion of moods in Heidegger’s writing, elaborate on the four fundamental moods, which will help me bring forward a notion of what authenticity means and does and finally I will claim that, although it is not so named in Heidegger's writings, for genuine revelations to take place, to be at home in Being, we must establish our self in equanimity. When allowing moods to genuinely reveal our essence we dwell in authenticity - we give meaning to things, encounter the true nature of our being, of time and of nothing and we can engage the question of Being. When we turn away from our moods we give birth to the unauthentic self – to all different feelings and understanding of our everyday life, along with our common conception of time, and every scientific and metaphysical discourse. We are always already in a mood that calls us to our self. This situating happens instantly and constantly through moods, alongside understanding and discourse. What is the proper mood for philosophy, for thinking? To ask a question, any question and defiantly “the question of Being”, we must first situate our self in the world, among beings and Being.
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