Overview of the events of 1940 in philosophy
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1940 in philosophy
Events
- July - Jean-Paul Sartre is taken prisoner by the Germans.
- September 26 or 27 – Walter Benjamin, literary critic and writer, died at the age of 48 when he committed suicide in an effort to avoid capture by the Gestapo.
Publications
- G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology (1940)
- Nicolai Hartmann, Der Aufbau der realen Welt (published in German in 1940; not yet translated into English)
- Arnold Gehlen, Man: His Nature and Place in the World (1940)
Births
- May 7 - Michael Allen Fox
- June 21 - Michael Ruse
- July 26 - Jean-Luc Nancy
- August 20 - Jacques Bouveresse
- November 13 - Saul Kripke
- November 27 - Bruce Lee (died 1973)
- T. M. Scanlon (unspecified)
- Tu Weiming (unspecified)
- Fatema Mernissi (unspecified)
- Michael Jackson (unspecified)
Deaths
- March 1 - A. H. Tammsaare (born 1878)
- May 14 - Emma Goldman (born 1869)
- August 21 - Leon Trotsky (born 1879)
- September 26 - Walter Benjamin see Events section above
References
- Boulé, Jean-Pierre (2005). Sartre, Self-formation, and Masculinities. Berghahn Books. p. 114. ISBN 1-57181-742-5.
- "Aquinas and Descartes to Kant: The Origins of Early Modern Philosophy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- Osborne, Peter; Matthew, Charles. "Walter Benjamin". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP). Retrieved 19 February 2013.