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Martin Heidegger

German philosopher (1889–1976)

  • Fame79.8
  • Momentum2.8
  • Germany rank#39
Source-basedStable
  • Fame79.8
  • Momentum2.8
  • Germany rank#39
  • Academics rank#56
  • Wikipedia152.6K
Lived 1889–1976, aged 87Germany
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    117 languages
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  • Rank in Germany
    #39
    Academics
  • Era
    1889–1976
    Aged 87
  • Known for
    Vita Activa: The Spiri…
    2015
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Updated 2026-06-21

He asked what "being" means—not what exists, but what makes anything intelligible as what it is—and with that question rewrote the grammar of twentieth-century thought. His 1933 embrace of Nazism, never publicly repudiated, ensures the arguments over his work never separate from the arguments over the man.

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Academic
Category
Academics
Country
Germany
Country rank
#39
Category rank
#56
Last updated
2026-06-21
Biography

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Heidegger published Being and Time in 1927, introducing Dasein—"being-there"—to describe how humans already understand existence before they theorize it, living always as "being-in-the-world." He believed Western philosophy had forgotten the question that mattered: not what things are, but what lets them show up as intelligible at all. In April 1933 he became rector of Freiburg and joined the Nazi Party, remaining a member until 1945. After the war he was banned from teaching during denazification, the ban lifted in 1949, but he never offered clear remorse. His later writing turned to technolo…

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Martin Heidegger
said · 1955
The Geschick of being: a child that plays... Why does it play, the great child of the world-play Heraclitus brought into view in the aiôn? It plays, because it plays.
— The Principle of Reason (1955–1956) as translated by Reginald Lilly (1991)
Martin Heidegger
said · 1954
Everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology, whether we passionately affirm or deny it.
— The Question Concerning Technology (1954)
Martin Heidegger
said · 1953
What is peddled about nowadays as philosophy, especially that of N.S.
— Introduction to Metaphysics (1953) — a publication of lectures of 1935.
Martin Heidegger
said · 1927
It is said that "being" is the most universal and the emptiest concept. As such it resists every attempt at definition.
— Introduction: The Exposition of the Question of the Meaning of Being (Stambaugh translation)
Martin Heidegger
said · 1927
Every questioning is a seeking. Every seeking takes its direction beforehand from what is sought. Questioning is a knowing search for beings in their thatness and whatness.
— Introduction: The Exposition of the Question of the Meaning of Being (Stambaugh translation)
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Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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Germany
Category
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Profile type
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Status
deceased
Born
September 26, 1889
Died
May 26, 1976
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