Gerd Bornheim
Gerd Alberto Bornheim was a Brazilian philosopher and professor. Considered one of Brazil's leading Heidegger scholars, he engaged primarily with aesthetics, existentialism and with the history of Philosophy, specializing on pre-socratic thought and romantic philosophy. He was one of the founders of the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy.
Career
He graduated with a degree in Philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, then moved to Paris to study at the University of Paris under Jean Hyppolite and Jean Wahl, who introduced him to the works of Martin Heidegger. He then received a scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he studied english literature.In Brazil, he taught at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and at the State University of Rio de Janeiro.