http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/thinker_of_death_dies The last existentialist in America is dead. Professor Robert Solomon, who taught at the University of Texas and recently published a book about death, Dark Feelings, Grim Thoughts, died two weeks ago at the Zurich airport. [He was] on the way to catch a plane to Rome. [He] said he felt dizzy and collapsed. Though Solomon received first-aid, he died shortly afterward. [He] suffered from a congenital heart disorder that contributed to his death. Robert Solomon's end was met on the 64th year of his life. With his last breath went the last major American advocate of a doctrine that... Copyright 2008 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:29:35 -0800 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:16:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss And a writer of some clarity, too, which is not all that common in the philosophical set. Had his translations of Nietzsche appeared around the turn of the century, we could have been spared 50 years of misinterpretation.

]]> MvB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/thinker_of_death_dies#c598154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/thinker_of_death_dies#c598154 Arts Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:33:33 -0800 he was also a very excellent teacher and a very charismatic speaker.

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