Scholar finds Heidegger humorless:

[Jerry Weinberger] had spent five years working on a book about German philosopher Martin Heidegger when he was asked if he would like to submit a proposal for a book about [Benjamin] Franklin. It would be part of a continuing series on American political thought published by the University Press of Kansas.

He dropped Heidegger and started reading 36 volumes of Franklin's collected works, then focusing on about 1,500 pages of Franklin's most important political and philosophical writings.
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He has turned his attention back to Heidegger but admits the German who died in 1976 is humorless compared to Franklin.

"I've spent 10 years with both of them," he said. "If I had to spend 10 more years with one or the other of them, it would be Franklin, hands down."

Reminds of the seminar on Marx. Boy, was I disappointed they dwelled on the dull one. Or to paraphrase Groucho, "That's my philosophy. If you don't like them I have others."  ¶ 7:23 AM