TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Weyl’s Proper Time, Lived Time, and Metaphysical Time

Sunday 09 November 2025 is the 140th anniversary of the birth of Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (09 November 1885 – 08 December 1955), better known to posterity simply was Hermann Weyl, who was born in Elmshorn, close to Hamburg, on this day in 1885.

Weyl’s mathematical and scientific background didn’t prevent him from acquiring a broad background in philosophy, often deriving insights from idealism and phenomenology. This philosophical interest often found expression in his mathematics and his scientific work, including his speculation about time. In this episode I attempt to apply Weyl’s tripartite distinction among proper, lived, and metaphysical time to proper, lived, and metaphysical history.

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TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

On Saturday 01 November 1755—270 years ago today—a terrible earthquake struck Lisbon, followed by a tsunami and fires. Tens of thousands died, a great many more suffered, and debate over the meaning and interpretation of the Lisbon earthquake rippled through European intellectual life, as the disaster became a point of contention between a naturalistic view of history and a non-naturalistic view of history

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TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: The Battle of the Milvian Bridge

On Tuesday 28 October AD 312—1,713 years ago today—the Battle of the Milvian bridge was fought between the forces of Constantine and Maxentius, both contending to be recognized as emperor in the west. Whether you see Constantine’s victory in the battle as the foundation of Christendom, i.e., Christianity as a civilizational project, or as the triumph of barbarism and religion, as Gibbon saw it, either way it is an event that both demands and resists explanation.

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