"It may seem strange that on the 70th birthday of a philosopher of such pronounced religious and political persuasion as Dooyeweerd, tribute is paid by a jurist with an entirely different world-view and political persuasion. However, there is every reason to put the question what the significance of this philosopher is for Dutch philosophy of whatever persuasion, or even for philosophy in general, without any restriction of nationality. For without any exaggeration Dooyeweerd can be called the most original philosopher Holland has ever produced, Spinoza himself not excepted."
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G.E. Langemeyer, professor of legal philosophy at the University of Leiden (cited in H. Evan Runner's tribute to Herman Dooyeweerd)
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Herman Dooyeweerd
Herman Dooyeweerd (7 October 1894 â 12 February 1977) was a Dutch juridical scholar by training, who by vocation was a philosopher and a co-founder of the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea.
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