Cyril Welch

Cyril Welch, professor emeritus and translator of Heidegger’s Being and Time, shares how decades of classroom work shaped his new annotated translation. He talks about reading Being with novels, Heidegger’s ties to Greek philosophy, phenomenology’s method, everydayness and authenticity, translation choices between colloquial English and German terms, and the text’s unfinished, threshold-like character.

Cyril Welch, professor emeritus and long‑time Heidegger teacher who produced a new annotated translation of Being and Time. He explains how decades of classroom work shaped the translation. He discusses teaching strategies, Heidegger’s ties to Greek thought and phenomenology, everydayness and authenticity, tone and translation choices, and why the book’s unfinished form matters.