Nicolai Hartmann

Paul Nicolai Hartmann (20 February 1882 – 9 October 1950) was a Baltic German philosopher. He is regarded as a key representative of critical realism and as one of the most important twentieth-century metaphysicians. Quotes The tragedy of man is that of somebody who is starving and sitting at a richly laden table but does not reach out with his hand, because he cannot see what is right in front of him. For the real world has inexhaustible splendour, the real life is full of meaning and abundance, where we grasp it, it is full of miracles and glory. In the original German: "Die Tragik des Menschen ist die des Verhungernden, der an der gedeckten Tafel sitzt und die Hand nicht ausstreckt, weil er nicht sieht, was vor ihm ist. Denn die wirkliche Welt ist unerschöpflich an Fülle, das wirkliche Leben ist wertgetränkt und überströmend, und wo wir es fassen, da ist es voller Wunder und Herrlichkeit." Ethik. 4. Aufl., de Gruyter, Berlin 1962, p. 11. External links Category:Philosophers from Germany Category:1882 births Category:1950 deaths