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Rudolf Pannwitz

Rudolf Pannwitz (27 May 1881, Crossen/Oder, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia – 23 March 1969, Astano, Switzerland) was a German writer, poet and philosopher. His thought combined nature philosophy, Nietzsche, an opposition to nihilism and pan-European internationalism: Pannwitz's elusive, difficult goal may be seen as the complete re-evaluation of man, art, science and culture envisaged as the expression of an evolving cosmos obeying the laws of eternal recurrence, with Nietzsche-Zarathustra as the supreme prophet.

Rudolf Pannwitz

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Born
1881. · Krosno Odrzańskie.
Died
1969. · Astano.
Nationality
Germany.
Occupation
poet, writer, philosopher, playwright and critic.
Honours
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Schiller Memorial Prize and Andreas Gryphius Prize.
Languages
German.

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Rudolf Pannwitz (27 May 1881, Crossen/Oder, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia – 23 March 1969, Astano, Switzerland) was a German writer, poet and philosopher. His thought combined nature philosophy, Nietzsche, an opposition to nihilism and pan-European internationalism: Pannwitz's elusive, difficult goal may be seen as the complete re-evaluation of man, art, science and culture envisaged as the expression of an evolving cosmos obeying the laws of eternal recurrence, with Nietzsche-Zarathustra as the supreme prophet.

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