About Us
Disclaimer
Contact
Write a Post
EN
|
CH
|
ES
Log in
Register
Don't have an account yet?
Register now!
Username *
Password *
"Sign in" above to accept KNOWPIA’s
Terms of Conditions
&
Privacy Policy
Forgot your password?
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
Username/Email *
Password *
Confirm Password *
Email *
Referral Code
I’ve read and accept the
Terms and Conditions
Register
BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
KNOWPIA
WELCOME TO KNOWPIA
KNOWPIA
HOME
KNOWPEDIA
KNOWMEDIA
Lifestyle
Money
Sports & Entertainment
Politics
Health & Fitness
Tech
Food
Other
HOW IT WORKS
1940 in philosophy
Summary
1940 in philosophy
List of years in philosophy
…
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
…
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Events
edit
July -
Jean-Paul Sartre
is taken prisoner by the Germans.
[1]
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.
[2]
Publications
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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
[3]
References
edit
^
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
.