Jan Patočka
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Jan Patočka was a Czech philosopher. Having studied at Prague, Paris, Berlin, and Freiburg, he was one of the last pupils of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. At Freiburg he also developed a lifelo
Patočka in 1971
Grave of Jan Patočka, Břevnov cemetery, Prague
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
Jan Patočka
…13 March 1977) was a Czech philosopher. Having studied at Prague, Paris, Berlin, and Freiburg, he was one of the last pupils of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. At Freiburg he also developed a lifelong philosophical friendship with Husserl's assistant Eugen Fink. Patočka worked in the Czechoslovak Socialist…
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.