What Is A Fundamental Question?

Heidegger, Arendt, and Kabbalah

One of the major distinctions Heidegger makes throughout his work is between “fundamental questions” and derivative ones. Fundamental questions touch the deepest, incalculable parts of existence. Derivative questions concern the realm of calculation, ratiocination, comparison, evaluation.

Here is Heidegger in Introduction to Metaphysics:

To philosophize …