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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

Such work is necessary; but if it comes forward as a complete explanation of man, it is, as Eucken points out again and again, a wretched caricature of life.

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

Not only religious leaders like Harnack and Eucken, but leading Rationalists like Haeckel and Ostwald, have cordially supported the action of their country.

From The War and the Churches by Joseph McCabe

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 Archibald B. C. Alexander

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