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Eucken

American  
[oi-kuhn] / ˈɔɪ kən /

noun

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


Eucken British  
/ ˈɔykən /

noun

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

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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

The magical power by which German idealism as propounded by Kant, Hegel, and Fichte, and more recently by Lotze and Eucken, controls the Japanese mind is astounding.

From Japan and the California Problem by Iyenaga, Toyokichi

God, the Spirit, may exist, indeed Eucken says He does, but there is nowhere any indication of how the spiritual life follows from, or is the creation of, the Divine Spirit.

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

Aristotle's errors of detail, as shown by Eucken and Lange, were grave and numerous.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

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