Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
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Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
Mastering life - On poetry and wisdom in Goethe's work and life (English podcast)
METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich
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Mastering life - On poetry and wisdom in Goethe's work and life (English podcast)
Send us a textEnglish Description (German below)Guest: Willi GoetschelJohann Wolfgang von Goethe plays a similar role for German-speaking cultures as Shakespeare does for English-speaking cultures. He was already a towering intellectual figure in his own lifetime and is still considered by many to be the pre-eminent German-language poet. Goethe dominated or even shaped every literary genre for generations after him. In addition to his poetry, he was active as a botanist and zoologist and deve...
METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich
Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
