Kurt Flasch

Kurt Flasch (born 12 March 1930, Mainz) is a German philosopher, who works mainly as a historian of medieval thought and of late antiquity. Flasch was professor at the Ruhr University Bochum. He was / is a member of several German and international Academies. In 2000, he was awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung.

Awards and recognitions

 * Sigmund Freud Prize 2000
 * Honorary Doctorate from University of Lucerne 2002
 * Hannah Arendt Prize 2009
 * Honorary Doctorate from University of Basel 2010
 * Joseph Breitbach Prize 2012

Works in English

 * Meister Eckhart: Philosopher of Christianity. Yale University Press, November 24, 2015