Martin Heidegger's Bio
All the deets on your favorite critic's personal life.
Basic Information
| Name | Martin Heidegger |
| Nickname | MH Hammer. Martin the Great. The Hulk. |
| Sex | Male |
| Home town | The rural town of Messkirch, Germany. It's where I was born, and it's where I'm buried, a fact that's kind of symbolic of the "being-towards-death" I wrote a lot about. I was born to where I now dwell in death. Fear not: Zombie Heidegger is not a thing. And it wouldn't be a "thing," either, but we'll get to that. |
Work & Education
| Occupation | Philosopher. Professional Dasein. |
| Education | I entered the Jesuit Order but stayed only a couple of weeks. At the University of Freiburg, I first studied theology, but then I switched to philosophy. |
Beliefs
| Political views | I joined the Nazi Party in 1933, but let's not get to the bottom of that. We have Being to discuss. |
| Religious views | I grew up in the Roman Catholic faith but later rejected it. Reading Protestants and marrying a Lutheran will do that you, I guess. My thought became associated with atheism, but I wouldn't fit in well with the New Atheists of today—they wouldn't take well to the theological and mystical language I worked into my philosophy. |
Activities & Interests
| Likes | The unfolding of Being Origins Poetry Going in circles, hermeneutically Language The Pre-Socratics Creatively interpreting Aristotle Making simple words into dense philosophical jargon |
| Dislikes | The forgetfulness of Being Trendiness Readers who misunderstand me (that would be most readers) The easy way out Making light of death |
| Interests | Being and time Greek philosophy Raising pesky questions The effects of technology on thought The way to authenticity |
| Groups | Hermeneutic Phenomenologists The Dasein Dwellers Existentialists The Being Seekers Proto-Deconstructionists Guys Indiana Jones Hates |