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Time of the Magicians

10 min read 14 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

In the shattered world of the Weimar Republic, four philosophical magicians—Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, and Heidegger—battle to forge meaning from chaos, their ideas shaping the 20th century.

You’ll learn

  • How language limits what we can say
  • Why myth seduces when reason fails
  • The danger of radical authenticity
  • How symbols create our reality