Heidegger thought that all people are ‘being-possible’ – that being oriented towards or centred around future possibilities is one of the fundamental aspects of being human. However, although individual pursuits differ, we are all united in the fact that one day we are to be not possible – that is, we’re all going to die. This awareness of our own finitude is what causes the existential anxiety we all experience from time to time, in fact.

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