Word: gundolf
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German university. Today this school of thinking fares badly indeed in Heidelberg. A whole army of new men of widely varying intellectual ability has taken up arms against it. A very interesting teacher, quite new in university circles, and a brilliant speaker, now wields enormous influence. He is Professor Gundolf, the author of the best, indeed the first real book on Goethe; a fanatical supporter of personality as the determining factor in life and history. He opposes vigorously the abstract rationalism of the academic philosophy formerly taught at Heidelberg. The next in popularity is Professor Jaspers. College ethics prevent...
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