Volume 35 of Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change, Romanian Philosophical Culture, Globalization and Education has a chapter on Alexandru Dragomir.
What did Dragomir study at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Freiburg? In the first place, the lectures and seminars of the “master”, as Heidegger’s doctoral students called him. In the two years (four semesters) that Dragomir spent in Freiburg, Heidegger delivered a lecture of one hour and held a seminar of two hours every week. Dragomir’s student record book records his attendance at the following courses, in order: Hölderlin’s Hymnen (two semesters), Parmenides und Heraklit (one semester) and Heraklit (one semester). What were Heidegger’s seminars? Winter semester 1941-42, Einübung in das philosophische Denken; summer semester 1942, Hegel, “Phänomenologie des Geistes” I; winter semester 1942-43, Aristoteles, “Metaphysik” IX; summer semester 1943, Hegel, “Phänomenologie des Geistes” II. The seminars were particularly useful to Dragomir, as the thesis that he was going to write under Heidegger’s supervision was precisely about Hegel’s concept of mind.
What did the Heideggerian seminar look like? How many people took part? Were they all trained in philosophy? Did they come from all corners of the world? Was there any other Romanian in the seminar?
