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

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

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

Eucken, Rudolf Christoph, German philosopher and theologian, born in East Friesland in 1846.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

The hold which the philosophy of Eucken seems to have taken upon the minds of many people all over the world shows that it must have great elements of strength.

From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald