In this first of three sessions in our seminar, we will be focusing upon the essay "What Is Metaphysics?"

I will be presenting the key ideas and development from this section of the work during the session. These include:

• We will be discussing the following topics:
• The nature of metaphysical inquiry
• Understanding the nothing and negation
• Mood or attunement and beings
• The fundamental mood of anxiety
• The nothing and nihilation
• The nothing and human freedom
• Metaphysical interpretations of the nothing

You do not have to have read the text previously, though of course, that may be helpful for understanding some of the key ideas that are worked out in them.

We will have plenty of time for Q&A and discussion during this session. You should feel free to ask questions at any point during the seminar, and you can use your microphone or the chat to do so.