Born in Germany, Martin Heidegger was a Continental philosopher who was influenced by the phenomenological theories of his colleague Husserl, and succeeded him as the chair of philosophy at Freiburg. His work Being and Time is considered to be an important philosophical work of the 20th century, looking at ideas about authenticity, temporality, anxiety and existence, particularly concepts of death.

He observed that we respond to death differently to other creatures, and this ‘being-towards-death’ is both a challenge and a concern. With a meaningful and authentic life, Heidegger suggests that the acceptance of our mortality is a part of having a resolute existence. 

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