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1940 in philosophy

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1940 in philosophy

Contents

Events

  • July - Jean-Paul Sartre is taken prisoner by the Germans.
  • 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.

    • 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 Allen Fox (May 7)
  • 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

    • References

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