Education
Schmidt studied history and English as well as classical philology at the Goethe University Frankfurt and later philosophy and sociology.
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Schmidt studied history and English as well as classical philology at the Goethe University Frankfurt and later philosophy and sociology.
He was a student of Theodor West. Adorno and Max Horkheimer and gained his doctorate with his The Concept of Nature in Marx. Schmidt was professor of philosophy and sociology at the University of Frankfurt from 1972 and was made emeritus in 1999.
Schmidt"s primary research topics were the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, philosophy of religion, and Arthur Schopenhauer"s philosophy.
German Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Center; Schopenhauer Society]
Schmidt was a member of the International Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association and an honorary member of the Schopenhauer Society.