Löwith

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Löwith is the surname of Karl Löwith, a prominent 20th-century German philosopher known for his work on the philosophy of history and critiques of modernity.

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instanceOf German philosopher
human
philosopher
awardReceived Sigmund Freud Prize for academic prose
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfCitizenship Germany
countryOfDeath Germany
dateOfBirth 1897-01-09
dateOfDeath 1973-05-26
doctoralAdvisor Edmund Husserl
educatedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
University of Freiburg
linked to: Freiburg University
employer New School for Social Research
Tohoku University
University of Heidelberg
University of Marburg
University of Tokyo
ethnicGroup Jewish people
linked to: Jews
familyName Löwith
fieldOfWork history of philosophy
philosophy
philosophy of history
political philosophy
givenName Karl
hasOccupation university teacher
influenced Hans Blumenberg
Jacob Taubes
Leo Strauss
influencedBy Friedrich Nietzsche
G. W. F. Hegel
Martin Heidegger
Søren Kierkegaard
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement continental philosophy
notableIdea critique of modern progressivism
critique of secularized eschatology in modern historical consciousness
interpretation of Nietzsche’s doctrine of eternal recurrence
notableWork From Hegel to Nietzsche
Meaning in History
My Life in Germany Before and After 1933
participatedIn World War I
placeOfBirth Munich
placeOfDeath Heidelberg
religion Christianity
residence Germany
Italy
Japan
United States of America
sexOrGender male

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Karl Löwith familyName Löwith
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