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Heidegger

American  
[hahy-deg-er, -di-ger] / ˈhaɪ dɛg ər, -dɪ gər /

noun

  1. Martin, 1889–1976, German philosopher and writer.


Heidegger British  
/ ˈhaidɛɡər /

noun

  1. Martin (ˈmartiːn). 1889–1976, German existentialist philosopher: he expounded his ontological system in Being and Time (1927)

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Martin Heidegger was recorded to have laughed only once, according to the historian Paul Johnson.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Heidegger proposed that abstract ideas don’t reveal much about being since they are not in the world.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

As longtime fans might expect, behind the prose lies a wealth of hardcover learning, from the Bible and the Augsburg Book of Miracles to Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Heidegger.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2021

"Poor in world" was how the German philosopher, Martin Heidegger described the nature of "the animal" in general and he made no attempts to distinguish between species or individuals within species.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2021

All the rooms in the Hotel Filosoof were named after filosoofers: Mom and I were staying on the ground floor in the Kierkegaard; Augustus was on the floor above us, in the Heidegger.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green