Consider the following statements with reference to Heidegger.
A. Innermost nature of human being is caring.
B. Human beings are essentially temporal beings.
C. The temporality of human thinking is ‘ecstatic.’
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct option is D

Correct answer: d A, B and C only
​Introduction: ​Martin Heidegger’s existential phenomenology, primarily developed in his magnum opus Being and Time, redefines human existence through the concept of Dasein (being-there) and its deeply temporal structure.
​Information Booster: · ​ Innermost nature as Care (A): Heidegger famously defines the ontological structure of Dasein as Sorge (Care). To be human is to be actively engaged in and concerned with one’s own being, other beings, and the world. Care is not merely an emotional state, but the very structural framework of human existence.
· ​ Essential Temporality (B): For Heidegger, human beings are fundamentally temporal beings. The meaning of Dasein's existence is time itself. Dasein does not just "exist in time" like an object; rather, human existence is dynamically constituted by its past, present, and future.
· ​ Ecstatic Temporality (C): The temporality of Dasein is described as ecstatic ( Ekstasen), meaning "to stand outside itself." Human consciousness is not locked in a static present moment; it constantly reaches out into the future (through projects and possibilities), the past (through what it has been/thrownness), and the present (through active engagement with entities in the world).
​Additional Knowledge: · ​Since all three statements (A, B, and C) are philosophically accurate and form the core pillars of Heidegger's analytic of Dasein, any option that excludes any of these statements is incomplete and incorrect.