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Dutch philosopher and writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cornelis Verhoeven (2 February 1928 – 11 June 2001) was a Dutch philosopher and writer.
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Verhoeven was born in Udenhout, the fourth child of seven from a farmer's family in the south of the Netherlands. He attended a catholic priest seminary but was asked to leave. He then studied classics, philosophy and religious studies at the University of Nijmegen and earned his Ph.D. with the thesis Symboliek van de voet on 19 October 1956.
Verhoeven taught Latin and Greek at the Jeroen Bosch College for 27 years. Then he became a professor of philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. He published more than 80 books. He has written original work on wonder,[1][2] reality,[3] violence, religion,[4] contemplation and language, and interpretations and translations of classical and modern philosophers such as Heraclitus, Plato, Geulincx, Leibniz, Nietzsche[5][6] and Heidegger. His work has been translated into English, German and Italian, and has been awarded the Anne Frank prize and the P. C. Hooft prize.[7]
One of his best known books was The Philosophy of Wonder.[8]
Verhoeven had two children, Neeltje (1973) and Daan, a freediver and photographer[9] (1974). He died in Den Bosch, on 11 June 2001.
Verhoeven's full bibliography consists of more than 3700 titles in Dutch.
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