Gerd Bornheim

Gerd Alberto Bornheim (19 November 1929 – 5 September 2002) was a Brazilian philosopher and professor. Considered one of Brazil's leading Heidegger scholars, he engaged primarily with aesthetics, existentialism and with the history of Philosophy, specializing on pre-socratic thought and romantic philosophy. He was one of the founders of the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy.[1][2][3][4]

Career

He graduated with a degree in Philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, then moved to Paris to study at the University of Paris under Jean Hyppolite and Jean Wahl, who introduced him to the works of Martin Heidegger. He then received a scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he studied english literature.[5]

In Brazil, he taught at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and at the State University of Rio de Janeiro.

Works

  • Aspectos Filosóficos do Romantismo. Instituto Estadual do Livro, 1959.
  • O Sentido e a Máscara. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 1969.
  • Martin Heidegger: L’Être et le Temps. Sorbone, 1976.
  • Dialética: Teoria e Prática. Globo, 1977.
  • O Idiota e o Espírito Objetivo. Porto Alegre: Globo, 1980.
  • Teatro a Cena Dividica. Porto Alegre: LPM, 1983.
  • Introdução ao Filosofar: o Pensamento Filosófico em Bases Existenciais. São Paulo: Globo, 1989.
  • Brecht: a Estética do Teatro. Graal, 1992.
  • O Conceito de Descobrimento. Rio de Janeiro: EdUERJ, 1998.
  • Os Filósofos Pré-Socráticos. São Paulo: Cultrix, 1999-2000.
  • Sartre: Metafísica e Existencialismo. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 2001.
  • Metafísica e Finitude. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 2001.

References

  1. ^ "Gerd Bornheim". Artepensamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  2. ^ "Membros Fundadores". Academia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  3. ^ "O existencialismo é um platonismo: ensaio em homenagem a Gerd Bornheim (1929-2002)". ERMIRA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  4. ^ Paz, Gaspar (2018-07-19). "Gerd Bornheim: a crítica artística em datiloscrito que problematiza a linguagem e a comunicação". ouvirOUver (in Portuguese). 14 (1): 56–69. doi:10.14393/OUV22-v14n1a2018-4. ISSN 1983-1005.
  5. ^ "Vida e obra do filósofo caxiense GERD BORNHEIM em debate". Toazza (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-05.
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