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Letter on Humanism

Overview

"Letter on Humanism" (German: Über den Humanismus) refers to a famous letter written by Martin Heidegger in December 1946 in response to a series of questions by Jean Beaufret (10 November 1946) about the development of French existentialism. Heidegger reworked the letter for publication in 1947. He distanced himself from Sartre's position and existentialism in general in this letter.

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Philosophers who discussed Letter on Humanism

• Jean-Paul Sartre
• Martin Heidegger
• Jean Beaufret

Related ideas

• Jean-Paul Sartre
• Ontology
• Martin Heidegger
• Essence
• Existence precedes essence
• Existentialism
• Jean Beaufret
• Existentialism Is a Humanism

Place in the tradition

Part of Existentialism.

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