Fritz Heinemann (philosopher) explained

Fritz Heinemann (8 February 1889 – 7 January 1970) was a German philosopher.

Born in Lüneburg, he taught at Frankfurt University from 1930 to 1933. From 1939 to 1956, he taught at Manchester College, Oxford.^[1]

In Neue Wege der Philosophie (1929) Heinemann heralded the rise of the Existential movement by coining the term Existenzphilosphie, translated as Existentialism.

Works

• Plotin. Forschungen über die plotinische Frage, 1921
• Neue Wege der Philosophie, 1929
• Odysseus oder die Zukunft der Philosophie, 1939
• Existentialism and the Modern Predicament, 1953
• Existenzphilosophie: lebendig oder tot?, 1963

External links

• Chronology of life

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johanneum Lüneburg Fritz Heinemann,Philosoph. Glombik. Gerhard. www.johanneum-lueneburg.de. 2018-05-22.