Hans-Georg Gadamer
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Hans-Georg Gadamer was a German philosopher of the continental tradition best known for his work on hermeneutics, including Truth and Method, which argues that understanding is shaped by history, lang
Hans-Georg Gadamer, c. 2000
Martin Heidegger
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Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher whose work was central to the development of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He has had significant impact within subsequent philosophy, soci
Hans-Georg Gadamer
…Dialogues (Das Wesen der Lust nach den Platonischen Dialogen) in 1922. Shortly thereafter, Gadamer moved to Freiburg University and began studying with Martin Heidegger, who was then a promising young scholar who had not yet received a professorship. He became close to Heidegger, and when Heidegger received a position…
Heidegger mid-lecture at Freiburg, 1954
The Mesnerhaus in Meßkirch, where Heidegger grew up
Heidegger's grave in Meßkirch
View from Heidegger's vacation chalet in Todtnauberg. Heidegger wrote most of Being and Time there.