Hans Blumenberg was a German philosopher.

He studied philosophy

Philosophy

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, Germanistics

German studies

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 and classics (1939-47, interrupted by World War II

World War II

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) and is considered to be one of the most important German philosophers of recent decades. He died on March 28, 1996 in Altenberge

Altenberge

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 (near Münster

Münster

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), Germany.

Blumenberg created what has come to be called 'metaphorology', which states that what lies under metaphors and language modisms, is the nearest to the truth (and the farthest from ideologies).