Rudolf Christoph Eucken | |
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Born | |
Died | 14 September 1926 | (aged 80)
Alma mater | Göttingen University Berlin University |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Literature (1908) |
School | Continental philosophy German idealism |
Institutions | University of Jena University of Basel |
Main interests | Ethics |
Notable ideas | Aktivismus (Ethical activism)[1] The Real |
Signature | |
Rudolf Christoph Eucken (/ˈɔɪkən/; German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈʔɔʏkn̩] ⓘ; 5 January 1846 – 14 September 1926[2]) was a German philosopher. He received the 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life", after he had been nominated by a member of the Swedish Academy.[3]