It attests to the importance he attached to this work that heidegger chose this course , from among the dozens of manuscripts of lecture courses held over the decades of his teaching career , as the first to present for general publication , and that he saw fit to present this introduction as a companion - - indeed , as a rightful heir - - to being and time , the book that established him as one of the preeminent philosophers of the twentieth century 海德格尔从十多年教学生涯中积存的大量课堂演讲稿中选出这本著作，首次公开出版，可见他对《形而上学导论》自视甚高? ?既视之为《本是与时间》的姊妹篇、亦视之为该书的嗣续篇，正是《本是与时间》奠定了海氏作为二十世纪杰出哲学家的声誉。
