 Thus, questioning uncovers the questioned in its (true) essence as it is; enabling it to be “experienced within its own bounds” by seeking “the true by way of the correct”.This is akin to the Aristotelian way of advancing “from what is more obscure by nature, but clearer to us, towards what is more clear and more knowable by nature.”

Heidegger begins the question by noting that “We ask the question concerning technology when we ask what it is”.This stems from following an ancient doctrine to which “the essence of a thing is considered to be what the thing is”.