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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Example Sentences

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

Jens Weidmann, president of the German Bundesbank, often quotes Walter Eucken, especially in passages where Haftung “must go hand in hand with” control.

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

The elusive obscurity of the position and function which Eucken assigns to his central conception of the Geistes-Leben must strike every reader.

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

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

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