When forbidden to teach by occupation authorities after WWII this thinker retreated to the Black Forest to learn the secret of existence from nature.
When forbidden to teach by occupation authorities after WWII this thinker retreated to the Black Forest to learn the secret of existence from nature. He described the three basic features of the structure of being as facticity, existentiality, and fallenness, and considered "angst" to be a creative force and basic characteristic of an authentic existence. His lecture on metaphysical "nothingness" marked the beginning of his teaching career at Freiberg University, where his notorious rectorial address would mark his association with the Nazi party. FTP, who was this philosopher best-known for 1927's "Being and Time"?
When forbidden to teach by occupation authorities after WWII this thinker retreated to the Black Forest to learn the secret of existence from nature.
Martin Heidegger