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News: April/May 2000

Philosopher turns into lizard • Sexist jokes cost philosopher his job • Don’t mention euthanasia! • 100 and full of ideas • Bruno fêted on 400th anniversary of execution

Happy Birthday

Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and author of Truth and Method (see Philosophy Now Issue 24), was 100 years old on 11 February 2000. On being asked how it felt to have been a witness to an entire century, which has now ended, Gadamer answered: “It is something special. It is something rare. But it does not mean that life is suddenly different. Every day confronts us with new responsibilities.

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