Hans Jonas

Hans Jonas
Hans Jonas
Born	10 May 1903; Mönchengladbach, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	5 February 1993 (aged 89); New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Education	University of Freiburg; University of Berlin; University of Heidelberg; University of Marburg (PhD, 1928)
Notable work	The Gnostic Religion; The Imperative of Responsibility; The Phenomenon of Life
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy; Lebensphilosophie
Thesis	Der Begriff der Gnosis (The Concept of Gnosis) (1928)
Doctoral advisor	Martin Heidegger
Main interests	Bioethics, political science, philosophy of religion, philosophy of technology
Notable ideas	The imperative of responsibility, 'right to ignorance'

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Hans Jonas (/ˈjoʊnæs/; German: [ˈjoːnas]; 10 May 1903 – 5 February 1993) was a German-born American Jewish philosopher. From 1955 to 1976 he was the Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.

^ Theresa Morris, Hans Jonas's Ethic of Responsibility: From Ontology to Ecology, SUNY Press, 2013, p. 166.
^ . Jonas. 1974. Philosophical Essays: From Ancient Creed to Technological Man. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. As cited from https://web.archive.org/web/20210426231759/https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/nbac/pubs/cloning2/cc5.pdf https://philarchive.org/archive/HAVHRC
^ Drummond, Ron. "An Orrery in Search of an Ephemeris". Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013. It was only when I discovered the Gnostic religious mythology initially from Hans Jonas's The Gnostic Religion...that I was truly moved by a system of belief

[1] Theresa Morris, Hans Jonas's Ethic of Responsibility: From Ontology to Ecology, SUNY Press, 2013, p. 166.

[2] . Jonas. 1974. Philosophical Essays: From Ancient Creed to Technological Man. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. As cited from https://web.archive.org/web/20210426231759/https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/nbac/pubs/cloning2/cc5.pdf https://philarchive.org/archive/HAVHRC

[3] Drummond, Ron. "An Orrery in Search of an Ephemeris". Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013. It was only when I discovered the Gnostic religious mythology initially from Hans Jonas's The Gnostic Religion...that I was truly moved by a system of belief

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Hans Jonas

Born	10 May 1903 Mönchengladbach, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	5 February 1993 (aged 89) New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Education	University of Freiburg University of Berlin University of Heidelberg University of Marburg (PhD, 1928)
Notable work	The Gnostic Religion The Imperative of Responsibility The Phenomenon of Life

Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Lebensphilosophie^[1]
Thesis	Der Begriff der Gnosis (The Concept of Gnosis) (1928)
Doctoral advisor	Martin Heidegger
Main interests	Bioethics, political science, philosophy of religion, philosophy of technology
Notable ideas	The imperative of responsibility, 'right to ignorance'^[2]