Heideggers 'existence before essence' question Just watched a 12 min overview of Heidegger and was wondering 2 things. Is Heidegger asserting that people should believe/accept his argument that existence precedes essence as something very fundamental? What are the obvious consequences of not doing so? I'm not particularly up on Philosophy but I found the video and what Heiddeger suggested quite interesting but not sure how this should be thought of in an everyday context. Thanks.