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Eric Voegelin
American philosopher (1901-1985) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 84
Eric Voegelin was a German-American political philosopher. He was born in Cologne, and educated in political science at the University of Vienna, where he became an associate professor of political science in the law faculty. In 1938, he and his wife fled from the Nazi forces which had entered Vienna.
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They emigrated to the United States, where they became citizens in 1944. He spent most of his academic career at Louisiana State University, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.
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