Martin and Hannah: Heidegger and His Wife and Mistress

Author: (French) Catherine Clement
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Alfred, Heidegger's wife and the mother of his children, a typical Prussian middle-class housewife and mother, what made her tolerate the long "immoral" love? Hannah Arendt, Heidegger's student and lover, a Jewish philosopher with clear philosophical thinking, what drove her to love and follow the philosophical master who was nearly 20 years older than her for her entire life? For Heidegger, his wife was a comforting soil, the rear support of his life; his lover was the passion of his life, the companion of his soul;—he needed both. Thus, at the bedside of his dying breath, the two women who had struggled for nearly 50 years reconciled temporarily, secretly allowing each other's love. Alfred, Heidegger's wife and the mother of his children, a typical Prussian middle-class housewife and mother, what made her tolerate the long "immoral" love? Hannah Arendt, Heidegger's student and lover, a Jewish philosopher with clear philosophical thinking, what drove her to love and follow the philosophical master who was nearly 20 years older than her for her entire life? For Heidegger, his wife was a comforting soil, the rear support of his life; his lover was the passion of his life, the companion of his soul;—he needed both. Thus, at the bedside of his dying breath, the two women who had struggled for nearly 50 years reconciled temporarily, secretly allowing each other's love.