Michael Landmann

Background

Michael Landmann was the son of economist Julius Landmann and philosopher Edith Landmann. Since his father had worked in Kiel, Landmann attended a gymnasium there from 1927 to 1933.

Education

Having returned to Switzerland, he studied philosophy, psychology and German studies at the University of Basel.

Career

1939 he received his doctorate with a thesis on Socratic philosophy as an ethic of values (Der Sokratismus als Wertethik). After assisting Schmalenbach and Karl Jaspers, Landmann earned his habilitation under the mentorship of Otto Friedrich Bollnow at the University of Mainz. From 1951 till 1978 Michael Landmann was Professor of philosophy at the Free University of Berlin.

His main field of study was philosophical anthropology Since 1939, Michael Landmann was married to the Jewish writer Salcia Landmann, born Passweg.

Connections

teachers:

Walter Muschg