The Nature and Role of Questioning in early Heidegger

"Question of Being" is Martin Heidegger's most famous concern throughout his intellectual life. This question, according to his own narrative, has started from the very beginning to the moment of his death, and all of his writings can be traced back to this question. However, understanding the meaning, significant and formal structure of the question of being, is essentially based on an understanding of the way Heidegger use the Phenomenon of "question" and its relation to the essence of human beings. The present paper’s goal is to illuminate Heidegger's approach to this fundamental element by laying down the general meaning horizon of "question" in the history of philosophy, so that the how and why of using “Question” in his early works come to light. To do this, first, the significance, the nature and the central role of the question in the history of philosophy will be briefly examined, and then, after discussing Heidegger's conception of this phenomenon in Being and Time, and his early courses, formulation of Questioning will be provided.