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Philosophy of Life: German Lebensphilosophie 1870-1920
Philosophy of Life explores the intellectual movement called Lebensphilosophie, which flourished in Germany from 1870 until 1920. Author Frederick C. Beiser focuses on its most prominent members: Friedrich Nietzsche, Wilhelm Dilthey, and Georg Simmel. Lebensphilosophie appeared at a critical movement in Western culture it was a response to several important cultural developments of the late 19th century: atheism, relativism, historicism and pessimism. The Read more