Helmuth Plessner

Helmuth Plessner
Born(1892-09-04)4 September 1892
Wiesbaden, German Empire
Died12 June 1985(1985-06-12) (aged 92)
Göttingen, West Germany
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Erlangen
Paul Hensel
Other advisor
Max Scheler
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sociology
Sub-discipline
Philosophical anthropology
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen
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Helmuth Plessner (German: [ˈplɛsnɐ]; 4 September 1892 – 12 June 1985) was a German philosopher and sociologist, and a primary advocate of "philosophical anthropology".