Heinrich Gomperz (January 18, 1873 in
Vienna
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Austria-Hungary
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– December 27, 1942 in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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) was an
Austria
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philosopher.
He was a son of
Theodor Gomperz
Theodor Gomperz (March 29, 1832August 29, 1912), Austrian philosopher and classical scholar, was born at Brno (Brünn).
Biography
Gomperz studied at Brno and at Vienna under Hermann Bonitz. Graduating at the University of Vienna in 1867 he beca ...
. He was a patient of
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies explained as originating in conflicts ...
and was married to Ada Stepnitz.
Works
* , 1898.
* , 1907.
* ''Die indische Theosophie'', 1925.
* , 2 Vols., 1905–1908.
* , 1915.
* ''Über Sinn und Sinngebilde, Erklären und Verstehen'', 1929.
* , 1953.
External links
Short biography in the Österreich-Lexikon.(German, English)
* (German)
1873 births
1942 deaths
Writers from Vienna
Austrian Jews
Austrian philosophers
Austro-Hungarian emigrants to the United States
American philosophers
Jewish philosophers
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