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Wolfram Eilenberger is a German philosopher, writer, and public intellectual. Born in 1972 in Freiburg, he served as editor-in-chief of Philosophie Magazin and is known for his accessible works that bring complex philosophical ideas to a broad audience.
Known for: Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy
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Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy
Time of the Magicians tells the story of four philosophers—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, and Ernst Cassirer—who transformed modern thought during the turbulent decade between 1919 and 1929. Wolfram Eilenberger explores how these thinkers, each in their own way, sought to redefine the meaning of reason, language, and existence in a world shaken by war and uncertainty.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Language and the Limits of the World
Wittgenstein’s story begins in silence—a silence inherited from war and from his own wealth and privilege. Upon returning from the front, he rejected the worldly comforts of his family and retreated into philosophical solitude. In those years he finished the *Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus*, a book ...
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Walter Benjamin: Language, Spirit, and the Ruins of History
Walter Benjamin’s quest was altogether different. Where Wittgenstein purified language into logical form, Benjamin infused it with spirit. His early essays on language and translation suggest that words are not human tools but living entities, each bearing a divine spark. To speak, for Benjamin, was...
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Wolfram Eilenberger is a German philosopher, writer, and public intellectual. Born in 1972 in Freiburg, he served as editor-in-chief of Philosophie Magazin and is known for his accessible works that bring complex philosophical ideas to a broad audience.
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