Sunday, June 12, 2011

Philipps-Universität Marburg und Erich Frank

 
The Institut für Philosophie of Philipps-Universität Marburg an der Lahn has a curious flaw: their history page lacks a photo of Erich Frank, who replaced Heidegger.

A PDF of a Frank relative restitution claim can be found here.

Frank died in Amsterdam in 1949 on his way to reclaim his chair of philosophy in Marburg.

A book by Frank in English:
Philosophical Understanding and Religious Truth, Oxford University Press, New York, 1966. Pp. xii + 182 + index. 9s (other ed: 1949, 1963)
You need not search for an Erich-Frank Strasse or Weg or Platz in Marburg.  But is there now a plaque at the old University in the tourist core of Marburg?  I spent many delightful hours in the philosophy library of the old Uni in 1985.

Vol 18 of Social Research should have the Karl Löwith memorium to Erich Frank.

Currently there is no Erich Frank article in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

I will add an Aule page on Frank to phil.aule-browser.com

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