Richard Polt's introduction to Heidegger contains important discussions of the relevance of Heidegger's thought to logic, language, and art, as well as to his political stance during National Socialism. The clarity of the author's synopsis of the structure and major themes of Being and Time is exceptional.(Review of Metaphysics) Heidegger succeeds in making the philosopher's thought accessible without rendering it simplistic. Polt provides a guide for reading and understanding the original, opening a way into Heidegger's difficult thought admirably.(Philosophy in Review)