Cavaillès

Jean Cavaillès · French philosopher and mathematician (1903–1944) · 1903–1944

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Jean Cavaillès (; French:; 15 May 1903 – 4 April 1944) was a French philosopher and logician who specialized in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science. He took part in the French Resistance within the Libération movement and was arrested by the Gestapo on 17 February 1944 and shot on 4 April 1944.

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Talks · 24 Sept 2020Arendt and Heidegger: the destruction of thought

1:27:30Reads Mein Kampf in German and writes to his sister that Nazism is the destruction of philosophy.