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The Human Place in the Cosmos

Upon Scheler's death in 1928, Martin Heidegger remarked that he was the most important force in philosophy at the time. 'The Human Place in the Cosmos', the last of the works Scheler completed, is a pivotal piece in the development of his writing as a whole, marking a peculiar shift in his approach and thought.

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adult
Length
short · 104 pages

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