Michael Landmann

Michael Landmann (16 December 1913 in Basel – 25 January 1984 in Haifa) was a Swiss-Jewish philosopher.

Herman Schmalenbach, Paul Häberlin und Walter Muschg were among his teachers.

1939 he received his doctorate with a thesis on Socratic philosophy as an ethic of values (Der Sokratismus als Wertethik).

After assisting Schmalenbach and Karl Jaspers, Landmann earned his habilitation under the mentorship of Otto Friedrich Bollnow at the University of Mainz.

From 1951 till 1978 Michael Landmann was Professor of philosophy at the Free University of Berlin.