Hans Jonas

Hans Jonas
Born10 May 1903
Mönchengladbach, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died5 February 1993 (aged 89)
New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Freiburg
University of Berlin
University of Heidelberg
University of Marburg (PhD, 1928)
Notable workThe Gnostic Religion
The Imperative of Responsibility
The Phenomenon of Life
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Lebensphilosophie[1]
ThesisDer Begriff der Gnosis (The Concept of Gnosis) (1928)
Doctoral advisorMartin Heidegger
Main interests
Bioethics, political science, philosophy of religion, philosophy of technology
Notable ideas
The imperative of responsibility, 'right to ignorance'[2]
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Hans Jonas (/ˈjoʊnɑːs/; German: [ˈjoːnas]; 10 May 1903 – 5 February 1993) was a German-born American Jewish philosopher. From 1955 to 1976 he was the Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.

  1. ^ Theresa Morris, Hans Jonas's Ethic of Responsibility: From Ontology to Ecology, SUNY Press, 2013, p. 166.
  2. ^ . Jonas. 1974. Philosophical Essays: From Ancient Creed to Technological Man. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. As cited from https://web.archive.org/web/20210426231759/https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/nbac/pubs/cloning2/cc5.pdf https://philarchive.org/archive/HAVHRC
  3. ^ Drummond, Ron. "An Orrery in Search of an Ephemeris". Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013. It was only when I discovered the Gnostic religious mythology initially from Hans Jonas's The Gnostic Religion...that I was truly moved by a system of belief