Klaus Düsing

Klaus Düsing (born September 3, 1940 – July 8, 2023 in Hilchenbach) was a German philosopher and university lecturer.

[1] He studied philosophy, German studies and classical philology (especially Latin studies) at the University of Cologne and University of Zurich.

After gaining his doctorate in 1967 at the University of Cologne and his habilitation in 1975 at the Ruhr University Bochum, he was a private lecturer from 1975 to 1980, later becoming a professor in Bochum.

Since 1983 he has been a university professor at the University of Cologne.

His research areas were classical German philosophy from Kant to Hegel, philosophy of antiquity, modern theories of subjectivity and practical philosophy.