Career
He was born in Harsewinkel, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He died in Hildesheim, Germany, on March 30, 2010, at the age of 80. One of his many activities was to set the foundation of the Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover in 1988.
In 2005 he got the Honorary citizenship of Hildesheim.