Tribute to Kurt Huber (1893-1945)
The philosopher Kurt Huber taught at the University of Munich until he was executed by the National Socialists in 1943. Huber was part of a resistance group including Hans and Sophie Scholl and others called The White Rose. The Nazis stripped him of his professorship and his doctorate before condemning him to death by guillotine. He spent his last days working on a book on Leibniz. His unearthly courage earned him the right to join that most select band of philosophers, Philosophia's martyrs, among whom we find Socrates, Seneca, Boethius and Giordano Bruno. See here for more on Huber and his friends. A movie was made about The White Rose, which I viewed some years ago.
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Posted by William F. Vallicella on
Thursday March 24, 2005 at 3:14pm