Time of the Magicians
Time of the Magicians A gripping narrative of the intertwined lives of the four philosophers whose ideas reshaped the twentieth centuryThe year is 1919. Ludwig Wittgenstein, scion of one of Europe's…
Specifikacia Time of the Magicians
Time of the Magicians
A gripping narrative of the intertwined lives of the four philosophers whose ideas reshaped the twentieth centuryThe year is 1919. Ludwig Wittgenstein, scion of one of Europe's wealthiest families, signs away his inheritance, seeking spiritual clarity. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic.
Ernst Cassirer sketches a new schema of human culture on a cramped Berlin tram. Martin Heidegger renounces his faith and aligns his fortunes with Husserl's phenomenological school. The stage is set for a great intellectual drama.
Over the next decade the lives and t