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== Biography ==

== Biography ==

Born in the rural, religious town of Messkirch, Germany, Heidegger was greatly influenced by his upbringing and would hate technology, cities, and pop music for the rest of his life<ref name=book>[http://www.thebookoflife.org/the-great-philosophers-martin-heidegger/ The Great Philosophers: Martin Heidegger]; ''The Book of Life''</ref> (and he wasn't wrong for hating pop music). He went on to study [[theology]] at the University of Freiburg, but after two years in 1911, he swapped majors to philosophy. He started teaching philosophy in 1915, married in 1917 (to Elfride Petri).<ref name=plato2>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heidegger/#BioSke Martin Heidegger: Biographical Sketch]; ''The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy''</ref> Two inverse stopped clock moments happened in his life: his affair with [[Hannah Arendt]] in the 1920s and his joining of the Nazi party in 1933. He would leave the party in 1934 and would continue to distance himself from the party there afterward. He died in 1976 and is buried in Messkirch.

Born in the rural, religious town of Messkirch, Germany, Heidegger was greatly influenced by his upbringing and would hate technology, cities, and pop music for the rest of his life.<ref name=book>[http://www.thebookoflife.org/the-great-philosophers-martin-heidegger/ The Great Philosophers: Martin Heidegger]; ''The Book of Life''</ref> He went on to study [[theology]] at the University of Freiburg, but after two years in 1911, he swapped majors to philosophy. He started teaching philosophy in 1915, married in 1917 (to Elfride Petri).<ref name=plato2>[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heidegger/#BioSke Martin Heidegger: Biographical Sketch]; ''The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy''</ref> Two inverse stopped clock moments happened in his life: his affair with [[Hannah Arendt]] in the 1920s and his joining of the [[Nazi Party]] in 1933. He would leave the party in 1934 and would continue to distance himself from the party there afterward. He died in 1976 and is buried in Messkirch.

According to a supporter: {{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}}

According to a supporter: {{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}}