Heidegger, her teacher and one-time lover, comes off as a sexist, selfish, vain, and pompous little man, his love letters to Arendt full of embarrassing romantic clichés. One of the most famous philosophers of the 20th century, Heidegger is shown calling for the “extermination of the enemy” before the Nazis's rise to power.

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