Long considered a minor precursor to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the German philosopher F.W.J. von Schelling (1775-1854) is experiencing a renaissance among contemporary thinkers. Mr. Wirth has ...

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, a 19th-century icon, challenged traditional morality and religion, advocating for ...

Kant, one of the most influential thinkers in history, revolutionized the concepts of morality and freedom back in the 18th century.

Hans-Georg Gadamer was, by any measure, among the most important European philosophers of the last half-century. On March 13, he died in his native Germany at the age of 102. An “apprentice” of Martin ...

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche believed friendship is key to lasting marriages. He argued that while romantic love can fade, companionship built on respect and trust provides stability. This ...

In 1952 the British don Isaiah Berlin delivered a series of radio lectures for the BBC titled “Freedom and Its Betrayal.” Each discussed a particular philosophical “enemy of human liberty.” Delivered ...

Don Draper, meet Friedrich Nietzsche. You might not think that the fictional ad exec from the critically acclaimed AMC drama Mad Men and the German philosopher have much in common, but consider this: ...

The German bishops traveled to Rome this week for their ad limina meetings, and Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, who leads the German episcopal conference, said that he hoped the meetings would tamp ...

BERLIN (AP) — The prominent German philosopher Juergen Habermas said Sunday he will not accept a high-priced literary award from the United Arab Emirates, reversing an earlier decision. The ...

Europe, as the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk recently wrote, has ended a long “vacation from history.” We have crossed the threshold into a gloomier era that is once again characterized by power ...