 Heidegger’s use of hermeneutics in the context of his early phenomenological inquiries into human existence can be described as a breakthrough in the historical movement of hermeneutics (Gadamer, Truth and Method, Part II.3). But Heidegger’s considerations also continue to be a subject of considerable discussion, and his insights remain at issue, to a greater or lesser degree, in a range of current philosophers and debates. Heidegger’s later works are important for hermeneutical considerations of history, language, art, poetry, and translation, as well. As Heidegger develops, however, he comes to claim that his paths of thinking can no longer be served by hermeneutics, and his thought comes to be characterized by new and different orientations.