Oh, come on. It’s not like being a morally corrupt jerk has ever been a major career impediment. Intellectuals also tend to have a gift for after-the-fact rationalization that would make a U.S. president blush. To be fair, Heidegger’s eminence also has something to do with the fact that, in the eyes of his admirers … Continue reading How can a Nazi jerk like Martin Heidegger be considered the most influential philosopher of the 20th century?