Ereignis). The preparation (education) for essential thinking constitutes a demanding historical task; it begins with the liberation from the illusion that logic in the traditional sense is the (only and ideal) teacher of thinking, that thinking is the function (exercise, activity) of the (intellectual, rational) faculty of human subjectivity. According to Heidegger's "Nachwort," written in 1943, to his inaugural lecture entitled "Was ist Metaphysik?" at the University of Freiburg, given in 1929, Being is not engendered by thinking (it is not the "product of thinking"); but rather "essential thinking is an event of Being."¹ Thus the word "Ereignis" (event, appropriation) tells something, not only about Being (it becomes a "name" for Being), but also about thinking (it describes a more radical, inceptional, essential thinking). This event-nature of thinking and Being may be regarded as a lasting insight of Heidegger's philosophy. This study examines and raises some questions about the very idea and the power of this radical, essential thinking mainly in light of his Beiträge zur Philosophie (Vom Ereignis), his second main work (the first one being Sein and Zeit). It explores (1) the need for essential thinking, (2) the nature and the power of essential thinking, and (3) the final ambition and delimitation of (and some questions about) the power of essential thinking." /> The power of essential thinking in Heidegger's Beiträge zur Philosophie (vom Ereignis) - Kovacs George | sdvig press