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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The Davos clash of Heidegger and Cassirer mirrored the polarized mood of the 1920s.
Chapter 3: Martin Heidegger tried to jolt people awake by giving them a metaphysical fright.
Chapter 4: Humanist Ernst Cassirer advocated a philosophy grounded in diversity.
Chapter 5: Ludwig Wittgenstein was an enigmatic loner who probed the limits of human thought.
Chapter 6: Bohemian Walter Benjamin was a keen observer of the zeitgeist.
Chapter 7: All four philosophers held that humans are beings of language.
Chapter 8: Heidegger, Benjamin, and Wittgenstein held a deep mistrust toward modern science.
Chapter 9: Philosophical views on German politics varied greatly.
Description
Time of the Magicians (2020) explores one of the greatest periods of German philosophy: the 1920s. In this decade of extraordinary intellectual productivity, thinkers like Martin Heidegger, Ernst Cassirer, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Walter Benjamin upended traditional philosophical thought completely and left a lasting mark on how we understand the world.
Who Should Listen
- Armchair philosophers and critical thinkers
- History buffs interested in Germany’s roaring twenties
- Anyone who’s ever wondered about the meaning of life