Cassirer’s wife aptly describes Heidegger as having been more in step with the times than her husband was and, therefore, achieving rhetorical success with the students. That he was to become a Nazi strikes her as entirely consistent. (Cf. Guido Schneeberger,Ergänzungen zu einer Heidegger-B...
Following the five clearly defined Confucian dyadic relationships (traditionally: father/son; older brother/younger brother; husband/wife; emperor/subject; friend/friend), subordinates owe their supervisors (parallel to the father or older brother) obedience, while supervisors can be trusted to show in...
In 1851, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (the future Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and German Emperor) and his wife Augusta were invited to London by Queen Victoria to visit the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, which her husband Prince Albert was instrumental in organizing. Wilhelm and...