Paul-Louis Landsberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul-Louis Landsberg

German-Jewish philosopher

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1901

Place of Birth: Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Apr-1944

Profession: university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Paul-Louis Landsberg (3 December 1901 – 2 April 1944) was a twentieth century Existentialist philosopher who is known for his arguments in support of euthanasia as an acceptable method of suicide.
His arguments are used today by Christian proponents of euthanasia.
His best known works are The Experience of Death and The Moral Problem of Suicide.Landsberg lectured at the Universities of Bonn, Madrid and Paris, among others.
He was a pupil of Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl and Max Scheler, continuing their work in Phenomenology to tackle several vital subjects, including personal identity, death and suicide.
He was a close friend of the Christian Existentialist Emmanuel Mounier and a key contributor to the philosophical journal Esprit (1913-2013).Landsberg was hounded by the Gestapo for most of his life, both because of his Jewish family background and due to his expression of Anti-Nazi sentiments.
He was captured by the Gestapo and deported to Oranienburg Concentration Camp towards the end of the war and died there of physical and mental exhaustion in April 1944.