This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C1CC16.B55555E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hans-Georg Gadamer died yesterday at age 102. Here's the AP release. HEADLINE: German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, explorer of human understanding, dies aged 102 DATELINE: BERLIN BODY: Hans-Georg Gadamer, a German philosopher who devoted a scholarly lifetime to the exploration of human understanding and interpretation, has died. He was 102. Gadamer died Wednesday in the western city of Heidelberg, city authorities said. The cause of his death was not released. Born Feb. 11, 1900 in Marburg, Gadamer was best-known for "Truth and Method," his 1960 treatise on the shifting nature of understanding, or hermeneutics. Drawing on areas from classical philosophy to linguistics, the book became a standard, if tough read for generations of students and had an influence beyond the university campus in areas such as art and literature. The son of a chemistry professor, Gadamer had studied widely by the time he won a professorship in Marburg in 1937, with a specialty in ancient Greek ethics. He taught in the eastern city of Leipzig during World War II, showing neither open sympathy or resistance to Hitler's regime and concentrating on his work. He later lectured in cities such as Frankfurt and Heidelberg, and was also in demand at universities abroad, especially in North America and Italy. President Johannes Rau praised Gadamer for making philosophy more relevant to everyday life. Germany has lost a "great philosopher, a great person, in the true meaning of the word," he said. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 3/14/02 ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C1CC16.B55555E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D300594016-15032002>H</SPAN>ans-Georg Gadamer died <SPAN=20 class=3D300594016-15032002>yesterday </SPAN> at age=20 102.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Here's the AP = release.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>HEADLINE: German = philosopher=20 Hans-Georg Gadamer, explorer of human </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>understanding, dies = aged=20 102</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>DATELINE: = BERLIN</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>BODY:</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Hans-Georg Gadamer, a = German=20 philosopher who devoted a scholarly lifetime to </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>the exploration of = human=20 understanding and interpretation, has died. He was </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>102. Gadamer died = Wednesday in the=20 western city of Heidelberg, city </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>authorities said. The = cause of his=20 death was not released.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Born Feb. 11, 1900 in = Marburg,=20 Gadamer was best-known for "Truth and </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Method," his 1960 = treatise on the=20 shifting nature of understanding, or </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2>hermeneutics.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Drawing on areas from = classical=20 philosophy to linguistics, the book became a </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>standard, if tough read = for=20 generations of students and had an influence </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>beyond the university = campus in areas=20 such as art and literature.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>The son of a chemistry = professor,=20 Gadamer had studied widely by the time he </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>won a professorship in = Marburg in=20 1937, with a specialty in ancient Greek </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>ethics.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>He taught in the = eastern city of=20 Leipzig during World War II, showing </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>neither open sympathy = or resistance=20 to Hitler's regime and concentrating on </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>his work.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>He later lectured in = cities such as=20 Frankfurt and Heidelberg, and was also </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>in demand at = universities abroad,=20 especially in North America and Italy.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>President Johannes Rau = praised=20 Gadamer for making philosophy more relevant </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>to everyday life. = Germany has lost a=20 "great philosopher, a great person, in </FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>the true meaning of the = word," he=20 said.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C1CC16.B55555E0--
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