"As ever, inauthentic, fallen Dasein is dispersed in the world of the present: 'Lost in the making present of the "today", it understands the "past" in terms of the "Present"' (BT, 391) - and not, as authentic Dasein does, in terms of the future, of its own fate."

Title: Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction. Contributors: Michael Inwood - author. Publisher: Oxford University Press. Place of Publication: Oxford. Publication Year: 2000. Page Number: 105.