Wolfram Eilenberger

Finnen von Sinnen: Von einem, der auszog, eine finnische Frau zu heiraten

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Finnen von Sinnen

Martin Heidegger wanted to shake people awake by giving them a metaphysical scare.

What’s in it for me? Take an intellectual flight of fancy with philosophical heavyweights of the twenties.

Ludwig Wittgenstein was an enigmatic loner who explored the limits of human thinking.

Final summary

Philosophical opinions on German politics differed greatly.

All four philosophers believed that humans are beings of language.

The Davos dispute between Heidegger and Cassirer exemplified the polarized mood of the 1920s.

The humanist Ernst Cassirer promoted a philosophy of diversity.

Finnen von Sinnen. Von einem, der auszog, eine finnische Frau zu heiraten