Jean-Paul Sartre My true self is my freedom to define myself Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was an important French existentialist philosopher, politica...
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HISTORICAL PERIOD OF PHILOSOPHY
JULIÁN MARÍAS (1914-2005) THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. PHILOSOPHIZING INCLUDES ITS HISTORY 2. THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE 3. TRUTH 4. AUTHENTICITY Julián Marías (1914-2005) was a Spanish philosopher, a student of Ortega y Gasset, and a major thinker of the so-called Madrid School. The Spanish Civil War interrupted his philosophy studies at Complutence University of Madrid, and after the war his PhD thesis was rejected because of his criticism of the dictator Franco. He was imprisoned for several months, and was released thanks to...
Susanne Langer (1895-1985) THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. THE NEED TO SYMBOLIZE2. ART SHAPES FEELINGS 3. ART AS AN ILLUSION Susanne Langer (1895-1985) was an American Philosopher, one of the first female academic philosophers in the USA, popular in the past but nowadays often neglected or forgotten. She was born in New York to German-born parents and grew up speaking German. She first attended Radcliffe (a women’s college which was parallel to Harvard all-male college), where she studied under the British...
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. REVERENCE FOR LIFE 2. THE WILL TO LIVE 3.THE SOCIAL MISSION OF PHILOSOPHY Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a French-German thinker, theologian, musician, and medical doctor, who became famous for his humanitarian activities in West Africa. He was born in Alsace, which at that time belonged to Germany (but returned to France after World War I). He wrote his PhD thesis at the Sorbonne University, Paris, on the religious philosophy of Kant. At the same...
José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. MY LIFE 2. WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? 3. THE INNER SELF 4. ROMANTIC LOVE5. THE OTHER PERSON José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) was a Spanish philosopher whose works influenced greatly 20th century Spanish thought. His philosophy, which unites existentialist, phenomenological, and pragmatist themes, attempts to relate to life as it is lived, instead of remote abstract ideas. Ortega was born in Madrid to an educated, liberal family that was actively involved in the...
Paul Tillich (1886-1965) THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. THE COURAGE TO BE 2. SYMBOLS AND THE BEYOND 3. FAITH Paul Tillich (1886-1965) was an important German-American philosopher, Christian existentialist, and Lutheran theologian. He grew up in Germany, became a Lutheran minister, and taught theology at the Universities of Berlin, Marburg, Leipzig and Frankfurt. In 1933 he was dismissed from university by the Nazi party, and he moved to New York at the age of 47. He taught at several academic universities, among...