Jonas, Hans

Hans Jonas
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Name	Jonas, Hans Gender: M
born on	10 May 1903 at 07:30 (= 07:30 AM )
Place	Mönchengladbach, Germany, 51n12, 6e28
Timezone	MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	18°26' 03°16 Asc. 03°09'

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Hans Jonas
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Biography

German-born American Jewish philosopher whose writings were very influential in different spheres. For example, The Gnostic Religion, based on his early research on the Gnosis and first published in 1958, was for many years the standard work in English on the subject of Gnosticism. The Imperative of Responsibility (German 1979, English 1984) centers on social and ethical problems created by technology. Jonas insists that human survival depends on our efforts to care for our planet and its future. While The Imperative of Responsibility has been credited with catalyzing the environmental movement in Germany, his work The Phenomenon of Life (1966) forms the philosophical undergirding of one major school of bioethics in America.

From 1955 to 1976 he was the Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He died at his home in New Rochelle, New York, on 5 February 1993, aged 89.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• friend relationship with Arendt, Hannah (born 14 October 1906)

• (has as) teacher relationship with Bultmann, Rudolf (born 20 August 1884)

• (has as) teacher relationship with Guttmann, Julius (born 15 April 1880)

• (has as) teacher relationship with Heidegger, Martin (born 26 September 1889)

• (has as) teacher relationship with Meyer, Eduard (born 8 October 1895)

• (has as) teacher relationship with Spranger, Eduard (born 27 June 1882)

• (has as) teacher relationship with Strauss, Leo (born 20 September 1899)

• (has as) teacher relationship with Troeltsch, Ernst (born 17 February 1865)

Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 5 February 1993 (Age 89)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth record from Mönchengladbach City Archives.

Categories

• Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Philosopher/ Humanist

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 89)

• Vocation : Education : Teacher (Professor)

• Vocation : Humanities+Social Sciences : Philosopher

• Vocation : Writers : Religion/ Philosophy

• Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction