Hedwig Conrad-Martius Quotes
Hedwig Conrad-Martius was a German Catholic phenomenologist and one of the leading figures of the Munich-Gottingen circle around Husserl and Reinach. A friend of Edith Stein, with whom she shared a long philosophical conversation, she developed in her Real Ontology, Time, and The Self-Construction of Nature a phenomenology that moves resolutely from the description of appearances to the metaphysical analysis of being itself. The quotes below are attributed to Hedwig Conrad-Martius, organized by topic.
Hedwig Conrad-Martius on God
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Attributed to Hedwig Conrad-Martius:
“Nature is the open page on which God's wisdom is written.”
Hedwig Conrad-Martius on Nature
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Attributed to Hedwig Conrad-Martius:
“The plant lives a life that we cannot but recognize as life.”
Hedwig Conrad-Martius on Time
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Attributed to Hedwig Conrad-Martius:
“Time is the form in which being unfolds itself.”
Hedwig Conrad-Martius on Truth
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Attributed to Hedwig Conrad-Martius:
“Phenomenology must penetrate to the being of things, not merely their appearance.”
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Attributed to Hedwig Conrad-Martius:
“Real ontology takes seriously what daily experience already knows.”