Heidegger’s charisma drew older philosophers into intense collaboration

Evidence

At first, Husserl responded in a vague and formal way. Then, as would happen to many others, he became enthralled by the strange young man. By the end of the war, Husserl was as keen as Heidegger was to symphilosopheín — philosophise together, in the Greek word their circle liked to use. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 185

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Heidegger reanimated past philosophers so students felt thinking itself had revived — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 193; Heidegger’s philosophy attracted interest long after intellectual fashions moved past Sartre — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 994; Lukács and Heidegger were Marcuse’s two greatest influences — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 387

Broader Connections

• Heidegger reanimated past philosophers so students felt thinking itself had revived #expands (0.85) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 193
• Heidegger’s philosophy attracted interest long after intellectual fashions moved past Sartre #expands (0.75) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 994