Brief

Being and Time: An Annotated Translation is Cyril Welch’s annotated English edition of Martin Heidegger’s 1927 work; Tyler Cowen (Marginal Revolution, 2026-02-24) reports he "has looked at every page" and read portions in German, calling the volume "the best chance you are going to get" to study the text, though he warns it remains daunting.

title: Being and Time: An Annotated Translation - Marginal REVOLUTION
author: Tyler Cowen
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publication: Marginal REVOLUTION
published: 2026-02-24T00:00:00
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Being and Time: An Annotated Translation

Translated from the German by Cyril Welch.

Periodically I am asked if I have read Being and Time, and I always give the same response: “I have looked at every page.”

I also have spent time with it in German, though not for every page. But have I read it? Read it properly? Can anyone?

Is the book worth some study? Yes. But.

People, this volume is the best chance you are going to get.