Gerhard Krüger (30 January 1902,
Wilmersdorf
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near Berlin – 14 February 1972,
Baden-Baden) was a German philosopher who was very much influenced by the philosopher
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centur ...
and the theologian
Rudolf Bultmann. He was the son of Joseph May Krüger, an accountant, and Pauline Helene Martha (née Jähniger).
Krüger attended secondary school in
Friedenau
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and studied philosophy,
evangelical theology Evangelical theology is the teaching and doctrine that relates to spiritual matters in evangelical Christianity and a Christian theology. The main points concern the place of the Bible, the Trinity, worship, Salvation, sanctification, charity, evan ...
, and history in
Jena
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,
Tübingen, and above all
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...
.
1902 births
1972 deaths
Metaphysicians
20th-century German philosophers
German male writers
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