Ernst Bloch
German philosopher
Died when: 92 years 27 days (1104 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Ernst Simon Bloch (German: [ɛʁnst ˈblɔx];July 8, 1885 – August 4, 1977; pseudonyms: Karl Jahraus, Jakob Knerz) was a German Marxist philosopher.
Bloch was influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx, as well as by apocalyptic and religious thinkers such as Thomas Müntzer, Paracelsus, and Jacob Böhme.
He established friendships with György Lukács, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W.Adorno.Bloch's work focuses on an optimistic teleology of the history of mankind.
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