Category: PhilosophyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Advanced

Weltanschauung

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English meaning: Worldview / Philosophy of life

German Definition

(Deutsch)

Eine umfassende persönliche oder kulturelle Sammlung von Überzeugungen, Werten und Annahmen, durch die man die Welt interpretiert.

English Definition

A comprehensive personal or cultural framework of beliefs, values, and assumptions through which one interprets the world. The concept is central to German idealist philosophy, particularly in Kant and Hegel. Different Weltanschauungen — religious, scientific, political — shape how societies organize themselves and approach ethical questions.

Example

Jede Kultur hat ihre eigene Weltanschauung, die ihr Denken und Handeln bestimmt.

In English: Every culture has its own worldview that determines its thinking and actions.

Synonyms

  • Lebensanschauung
  • Weltbild

Literary Heritage

Gott ist tot. Gott bleibt tot. Und wir haben ihn getötet.

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.

Friedrich Nietzsche · Philosopher · Late 19th century

Also sprach Zarathustra

Nietzsche, The Gay Science (Die fröhliche Wissenschaft, 1882), §125; echoed in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Prologue

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