Heidegger, Martin
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Importance of Heidegger

  • Heidegger generated a formal philosophical system [ epistemology ] for discussing the human condition [ ontology ] as it appeared to many people in the 20th century.
  • He is widely credited with influencing existentialism.

Yeah, but wasn't he a Nazi?

  • True, Heidegger was a member of the party for a while, but this may have been the only way of preserving his career.
  • We do know that he was associated with Hannah Arendt, a prominent Jewish political theorist.
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