Philosophy:1964 in philosophy

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1964 in philosophy

Events

  • Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he declined it, stating that a writer must "refuse to let himself be transformed into an institution, even if this occurs under the most honorable circumstances".[1]
  • The Sigmund Freud Prize was inaugurated in 1964.[2]

Publications

Births

  • December 8 - Richard David Precht
  • December 30 - Christof Rapp

Deaths

References

  1. Sartre, Jean-Paul. "Sartre on the Nobel Prize". The New York Review of Books. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1964/dec/17/sartre-on-the-nobel-prize/. Retrieved 3 February 2013. 
  2. "Sigmund-Freud-Preis". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_freud.html. Retrieved 3 February 2013.