About the lecture

What is the task of philosophy? What is its essential function in the conversation of humanity? What distinguishes philosophers from scientists and artists, the awakened or the awakened?

Taking up Nietzsche and Foucault, the speaker presents a new understanding of philosophy that promises an exit from the self-generated immaturities and labyrinths of today's, especially academically narrow, philosophizing.

About the speaker

Wolfram Eilenberger is Senior Fellow at the St.Gallen Collegium, HSG, and presenter of the SRF program Sternstunde Philosophie.

Landmann Lectures on Ancient Civilizations

With the support of the Julius Landmann Foundation of the Voluntary Academic Society, the Department of Ancient Civilizations and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Basel have been offering the "Landmann-Vorträge zu Antiken Kulturen" series of events since 2015. Julius Landmann (1877-1931) was a professor of economics and statistics at the University of Basel from 1910 and established the foundation as a testament to his commitment.