attunement of actual action. Our action in this context is a particular kind of attuned questioning. We began by characterizing our first question, What is world? We pointed out that there are various paths we can take in unfolding this question: [1.] the historical examination of the history of the concept of world [2.] the unfolding of the concept of world on the basis of our everyday understanding of world. And as a third way we have chosen the path of a comparative examination. The main points of our approach are encapsulated in three theses: [1.] The stone is worldless; [2.] The animal is poor in world; [3.] Man is world-forming.