Eucken

American  

[oi-kuhn] / ˈɔɪ kən /

noun

1. Rudolph Christoph 1846–1926, German philosopher: Nobel Prize in Literature 1908.

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Eucken British  

/ ˈɔykən /

noun

1. Rudolph Christoph (ˈruːdɔlf ˈkrɪstɔf). 1846–1926, German idealist philosopher: Nobel prize for literature 1908

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Eucken

This is an offshoot of classical liberalism that sprouted during the Nazi period, when dissidents around Walter Eucken, an economist in Freiburg, dreamed of a better economic system.

From Economist ● May 7, 2015

Rudolf Christoph Eucken, 80, "dean of German philosophers," professor at Jena University, winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize for literature; at Jena, Germany, of pneumonia.

From Time Magazine Archive

To this self-determining activity Eucken has given the name of 'Activism.'

From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Archibald B. C. Alexander

But while Fichte starts with self-analysis, and loses sight of error, care, and sin, Eucken starts with actual conflict, and ever retains a keen sense of these hampering elements.

From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Archibald B. C. Alexander

The conclusion Eucken arrives at is, then, that we must ascribe reality to the quality that knows and interprets as well as to the thing that is known.

From An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy by W. Tudor (William Tudor) Jones

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