World Philosophy Atlas
Marburg
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The University of Marburg was the base of Hermann Cohen, who taught there for almost four decades. José Ortega y Gasset studied there after Leipzig and Berlin. Hans-Georg Gadamer was born in Marburg in 1900 and took his doctorate there in 1922. Martin Heidegger taught at Marburg from 1923 to 1928, and Hannah Arendt came in 1924 to study with him. Paul Tillich was called to the university in 1924, and Rudolf Otto taught systematic theology there from 1917 until his death in 1937.
When
- 1917–1937 Marburg philosophy and theology From Otto's call to his death; Heidegger taught here 1923-1928.
Schools and institutions
- University of Marburg Cohen, Heidegger, Otto and Tillich taught here; Gadamer and Arendt studied here.
Thinkers
- José Ortega y Gasset 1883 – 1955studied here (Left Berlin for the University of Marburg after six months.)
- Martin Heidegger 1889 – 1976taught here, 1923–1928 (Associate professor at the University of Marburg until his return to Freiburg in 1928.)
- Hermann Cohen 1842 – 1918taught here (Appointed lecturer at the University of Marburg and remained there for almost four decades.)
- Hannah Arendt 1906 – 1975studied here, 1924–1925 (Went to Marburg University in 1924 to study with Martin Heidegger; stayed a year.)
- Rudolf Otto 1869 – 1937taught here, 1917–1937 (Called to Marburg in 1917 as professor of systematic theology; died in Marburg on 6 March 1937.)
- Paul Tillich 1886 – 1965taught here, 1924–1925 (Called to the University of Marburg in 1924, before Dresden and Leipzig in 1925.)
- Hans-Georg Gadamer 1900 – 2002born here, 1900 (Born in Marburg on 11 February 1900.); studied here, 1919–1922 (Moved to Marburg with his father in 1919 and completed his doctorate there in 1922; held junior posts there from 1928.)
Sources: SEP: José Ortega y Gasset · SEP: Martin Heidegger · SEP: Hermann Cohen · SEP: Hannah Arendt · Neue Deutsche Biographie: Rudolf Otto · Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology: Paul Tillich · SEP: Hans-Georg Gadamer