1940 in philosophy
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1940 in philosophy
Events
- July - Jean-Paul Sartre is taken prisoner by the Germans.[1]
- September 26 or 27 – Walter Benjamin, literary critic and writer, died at the age of 48 when he committed suicide in an effort to avoid capture by the Gestapo.[2]
Publications
- G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology (1940)
- Nicolai Hartmann, Der Aufbau der realen Welt (published in German in 1940; not yet translated into English)
- Arnold Gehlen, Man: His Nature and Place in the World (1940)
Births
- Michael Ruse (June 21)
- Jean-Luc Nancy (July 26)
- Jacques Bouveresse (August 20)
- Saul Kripke (November 13)
- Bruce Lee (November 27)
- T. M. Scanlon (unspecified)
- Tu Weiming (unspecified)
- Fatema Mernissi (unspecified)
- Michael Jackson (unspecified)
Deaths
- Anton Hansen Tammsaare (March 1)
- Emma Goldman (May 14)
- Leon Trotsky (August 21)
- Walter Benjamin (September 26) see Events section above[3]
References
- ↑ Boulé, Jean-Pierre (2005). Sartre, Self-formation, and Masculinities. Berghahn Books. p. 114. ISBN 1-57181-742-5.
- ↑ http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/phil/blphil_chron_1900.htm
- ↑ Osborne, Peter; Matthew, Charles. "Walter Benjamin". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP). Retrieved 19 February 2013.
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