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Robert Spaemann

German philosopher (1927-2018) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 91

Robert Spaemann was a German Catholic philosopher. He is considered a member of the Ritter School.

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2018Died10 December 20182012Aquinas MedalAward2001Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and ArtAwardKarl Jaspers PrizeAward1994Bavarian Order of MeritAward1988Officer of the French Order of Academic PalmsAwardOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1927Born5 May 1927

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Aquinas Medal2012
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art2001
Karl Jaspers Prize2001
Bavarian Order of Merit1994
Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms1988
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1988
Honorary Doctor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Honorary doctor of the University of Fribourg
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Navarre
Honorary Doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin

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Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2018 · aged 91