“The Year Philosophy Exploded: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, and Heidegger in the Weimar Crucible”
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Title: Time of the Magicians
Author: Wolfram Eilenberger
Category: World History, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Politics & Current Affairs
What happens when four of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century try to answer the same terrifying question: after the war, after God is dead, after science failed us, how the hell do we live?
Chapters
00:00Four Philosophers in a Shattered World00:56Wittgenstein's Extreme Answer01:35Benjamin's Fragments and Illuminations02:06Cassirer's Symbolic World vs. Heidegger's Authenticity02:59The Davos Debate and Its Aftermath03:57Legacies and Warnings
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