About Kurt Flasch
Born 1930. Kurt Flasch is a German philosopher, university teacher, non-fiction writer and translator.
Kurt Flasch (born 12 March 1930, Mainz) is a German philosopher, who works mainly as a historian of medieval thought and of late antiquity. Flasch was professor at the Ruhr University Bochum. He was / is a member of several German and international Academies. In 2000, he was awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung.
Awards and recognitions Sigmund Freud Prize 2000 Honorary Doctorate from University of Lucerne 2002 Hannah Arendt Prize 2009 Honorary Doctorate from University of Basel 2010 Joseph Breitbach Prize 2012
Works in English Meister Eckhart: Philosopher of Christianity. Yale University Press, November 24, 2015
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Kurt Flasch was born on 12 March 1930 in Mainz.
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