Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976. Heidegger was a German philosopher who maintained that authentic human existence belongs only to those who react with angst to the inherent emptiness of life. His works, including Being and Time (1927), greatly influenced Jean Paul Sartre and other existentialists. Heidegger posited a fundamental relation between the mode of being of objects, of humanity, and of the structure of time. In Heidegger's view, the individual is always in danger of being submerged in the world of objects, everyday routine, and the conventional crowd.
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existentialism and Martin Heideggerdied May 26, 1976, Messkirch, West Gemany
Where shall we seek Nothing? Where shall we find Nothing? In order to find something must we not know beforehand that it is there? Indeed we must! First and foremost we can only look if we have pre-supposed the presence of a thing to be looked for. But the thing we are looking for is Nothing. Is there after all a seeking without pre-supposition, a seeking complemented by a pure finding? --Martin Heidegger |
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The German philosopher Martin Heidegger, b. Sept. 26, 1889, d. May 26, 1976, was one of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century. He attended a Jesuit seminary, then earned (1914) his doctorate from the University of Freiburg, where he became the assistant to Edmund Husserl. Heidegger was affiliated with the University of Freiburg throughout his career except for a brief period as a professor at the University of Marburg. As rector of the university from 1933 to 1934, he was a vocal supporter of the Hitler regime, and he remained a member of the Nazi party until 1945. Because of this, an attempt was made to remove him from the faculty after World War II, but he managed to retain his teaching post. |
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