Heidegger
Americannoun
noun
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The son of a Swiss theologian, Heidegger devoted himself to promoting Italian opera at the Queen’s Theatre in the Haymarket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Joan, the oldest sibling, debated their professor parents about the Bible, Heidegger or Machiavelli.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
In fact, Heidegger was very interested in works of art and their function to authentically imitate life as it is and not as abstract concepts say it should be.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
As longtime fans might expect, behind the prose lies a wealth of hardcover learning, from the Bible and the Augsburg Book of Miracles to Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Heidegger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
All the rooms in the Hotel Filosoof were named after filosoofers: Mom and I were staying on the ground floor in the Kierkegaard; Augustus was on the floor above us, in the Heidegger.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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