Martin Heidegger facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Martin Heidegger
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| Born | September 26, 1889 Meßkirch, Germany |
| Died | May 26, 1976 (aged 86) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Phenomenology · Hermeneutics · Existentialism · Deconstruction |
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Main interests
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Ontology · Metaphysics · Art · Greek philosophy · Technology · Language · Poetry · Thinking |
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Notable ideas
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Dasein · Gestell · Heideggerian terminology |
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Martin Heidegger (26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher.
His best known book, Being and Time, is considered one of the most important philosophical works of the 20th century. It is a very difficult book, even for the German reader.
In it, and later works, Heidegger maintained that our way of questioning defines our nature. But philosophy, western civilization's chief way of questioning, has lost its way. Finding ourselves "always already" fallen in a world of presuppositions, we lose touch with what being was before its truth became "muddled". As a solution to this condition, Heidegger advocated a return to practical life in the world, allowing it to reveal, or "unconceal" itself.
Images for kids
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Heidegger's stone-and-tile chalet clustered among others at Todtnauberg
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View from Heidegger's vacation chalet in Todtnauberg. Heidegger wrote most of Being and Time there.
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Am Feldweg in Meßkirch. Heidegger often went for a walk on the path in this field. See the text Der Feldweg GA Nr. 13
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The University of Freiburg, where Heidegger was Rector from April 21, 1933, to April 23, 1934
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