Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is often considered to be among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th century. Wikipedia
Born: September 26, 1889, Messkirch, Germany
Died: May 26, 1976 (age 86 years), Messkirch, Germany
Influenced: Hannah Arendt, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and more
Influenced by: Edmund Husserl, Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and more
Academic advisors: Heinrich Rickert and Arthur Schneider
Notable students: Hans-Georg Gadamer, Herbert Marcuse, Hans Jonas, and more
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