In BT Sorge seems to pertain to Dasein's direction of its own life or 'being'. Later, Heidegger insists that it is 'solely "for the sake of beyng", not the beyng of man, but the beyng of beings as a whole' (LXV, 16; cf. XLIX, 54f.). He speaks in oracular terms of the threefold task of man on the basis of 'Da-sein - care'; '1. die seeker of beyng (event) 2. the true preserver of the trudi of being 3. the guardian of the quiet of the passing of the last god' (LXV, 294; cf. 240). Being has moved to the centre and Heidegger's thought is more historical: man must 1. found a culture or a 'world'; 2. preserve it; 3. supervise its decline with dignity. (A Heidegger Dictionary, by Michael Inwood, 1999, p. 37)
Once when “Care” was crossing a river, she saw some clay; she thoughtfully took a piece and began to shape it. While she was thinking about what she had made, Jupiter came by. “Care” asked him to give it spirit, and this he gladly granted. But when she wanted her name to be bestowed upon it, Jupiter forbade this and demanded that it be given his name instead. While “Care” and Jupiter were arguing, Earth (Tellus) arose, and desired that her name be conferred upon the creature, since she had offered it part of her body. They asked Saturn to be the judge. And Saturn gave them the following decision, which seemed to be just: “Since you, Jupiter, have given its spirit, you should receive that spirit at death; and since you, Earth, have given its body, you shall receive its body. But since “Care” first shaped this creature, she shall possess it as long as it lives. And because there is a dispute among you as to its name, let it be called “homo,” for it is made out of humus ( earth). (BTS 184, trans. mod.) (Martin Heidegger: Key Concepts, ed. by Bret Davis, 2010, p. 57)
A second and equally important part of this story is found in the crucial function of Saturn, the God of time. Only by his mediation do the otherwise fractious elements of Spirit, Earth and Care come together and allow Care’s figure to appear as human. Whereas Care is the origin and meaning of human life in the world, time constitutes the origin and meaning of the unified structure where Care takes place. People have to care because worldly life is always coming to pass; nothing escapes the impact of time. Time rules the appearance and passage of human being. (ibid, p. 58)
