Robert Spaemann

Robert Spaemann (1927–2018) was a German philosopher. He studied philosophy, Romance studies and theology in Münster, Munich and Fribourg, earned his doctorate under Joachim Ritter in 1952 and completed his habilitation in philosophy and education in 1962. From 1962 to 1992, he taught at the universities of Stuttgart, Heidelberg and Munich. He also held visiting professorships and received several honorary doctorates. In 2001, he was awarded the Karl Jaspers Prize by the city and university of Heidelberg. His work addressed, among other subjects, the intellectual history of the modern era, natural philosophy, anthropology, ethics and political philosophy.