Ludwig Klages
Friedrich Konrad Eduard Wilhelm Ludwig Klages was a German philosopher, psychologist, graphologist, poet, writer, and lecturer, who was a two-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In the Germanosphere, he is considered one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century. He began his career as a research chemist according to his family's wishes, though soon returned to his passions for poetry, philosophy and classical studies.
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Background
- Born in
- Hanover
- Educated at
- Leipzig University
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Trending topics shown first"Everything purposeful is meaningless, and everything meaningful is purposeless."
"The profundity of truth varies with the seeing power of the spirit which seeks it."
"Whereas the Americans thought that they were fighting for such high-minded slogans as "liberty" and "justice," they were actually fighting to stuff the money bags of the big bankers. These "free citiz…"
"A man who cannot climb a tree will boast of never having fallen out of one."
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1872
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