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{{cquote|''Throughout his career, he sought to help us live more wisely. He wanted us to be braver about facing up to certain truths, and to lead richer, more thoughtful, happier lives. Philosophy was no academic exercise. It was – as it had been for the Ancient Greeks – a spiritual vocation and a form of therapy. He diagnosed modern humanity as suffering from a number of new diseases of the soul..''|||Alain de Botton}}

{{cquote|''Throughout his career, he sought to help us live more wisely. He wanted us to be braver about facing up to certain truths, and to lead richer, more thoughtful, happier lives. Philosophy was no academic exercise. It was – as it had been for the Ancient Greeks – a spiritual vocation and a form of therapy. He diagnosed modern humanity as suffering from a number of new diseases of the soul..''|||Alain de Botton}}

'''Martin Heidegger'''(1889–1976) was a German philosopher whose work is perhaps most readily associated with phenomenology and existentialism, although his thinking should be identified as part of such philosophical movements only with extreme care and qualification. His ideas have exerted a seminal influence on the development of contemporary European philosophy.<ref name=plato>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heidegger/ Martin Heidegger], ''The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy''</ref>

'''Martin Heidegger''' (1889–1976) was a German philosopher whose work is perhaps most readily associated with phenomenology and existentialism, although his thinking should be identified as part of such philosophical movements only with extreme care and qualification. His ideas have exerted a seminal influence on the development of contemporary European philosophy.<ref name=plato>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heidegger/ Martin Heidegger], ''The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy''</ref>

== A short biography ==

== A short biography ==