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Herman Dooyeweerd, The Man

Herman Dooyeweerd: Philosopher, Musician, Lawyer, Christian.

Here is a compilation of things about Herman Dooyeweerd, the man, taken from the late Evan Runner's tribute to Dooyeweerd, supplied by Magnus Verbrugge and used with permission. In no particular order as yet. See also some biographical details.

His love of music
His "simple yet profound" faith
His training in the classics
His patience
His humility
His attitude to Biblical revelation
His attitude to reductionism
He did not want followers
His attitude to his work: "first tentative results"
His historical thought-context
His training in Law and his probing the foundations of Law
Initial spread of Dooyeweerd's thought
His fluency in languages
Adjunct-Director of Kuyper Foundation
The charge that he was too critical
Early links with Kant and Phenomenology
Ecumenical
Conclusion
His brother-in-law, Dirk Vollenhoven:

The picture was created by Andrew Basden for the Herman Dooyeweerd Foundation from a photograph supplied by Magnus Verbrugge.

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Created: 11 March 2002 Last updated: 9 May 2005 corrected Kant; link to Voll pages; link to hd.html, added photo.