Volker Gerhardt

Volker Gerhardt (born July 21, 1944) is a German philosopher.

He specializes in ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, metaphysics and theology.

His historical studies are centered on Plato, Kant and Nietzsche but have also dealt with Hegel, Marx, Jaspers, Voegelin, Hannah Arendt, Carl Schmitt and others.

Volker Gerhardt studied philosophy, psychology and law in Frankfurt and Münster.

In 1992 he became Professor for Practical Philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

The philosopher Volker Gerhardt at the conference "Fall of Darkness" on January 25th, 2014 in the Berlin Volkbühne.