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Heidegger's Greek Words, Terms, and Quotations: ε epsilon

εἶναι

Being; existence; "to presence."

Ἕλληνες ζητοῦσιν

"The Greeks seek." (I Corinthians 1:22) referring to σοφίαν τοῦ κόσμου, the "wisdom of the world" (quoted directly from Heidegger: Introduction to "What Is Metaphysics?" (1943), trans. Walter Kaufmann, in Pathmarks, ed. William McNeill, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 288). See also: Heidegger's quotation of I Corinthians 1:20, and ζητουμένη.