Federico Riu
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Federico Riu Farré was a philosopher and university professor.
Riu was born in Spain where he worked from an early age as a teacher in the small towns of his province. He emigrated to Venezuela in 1947 and became a Venezuelan citizen in 1954. In Caracas, Riu studied philosophy at the Central University of Venezuela
and won a scholarship to study in Europe after receiving the highest grades in his class. He went to the University of Freiburg
where he attended the lectures of Martin Heidegger
and Eugen Fink
. He taught philosophy at the Central University of Venezuela from 1956 to 1980 and became the Chair of the Department in two occasions and served also as Dean of the School of Humanities. Since 1987 a biannual Prize in his honor rewards the best philosophical essay written in Venezuela.
Riu was born in Spain where he worked from an early age as a teacher in the small towns of his province. He emigrated to Venezuela in 1947 and became a Venezuelan citizen in 1954. In Caracas, Riu studied philosophy at the Central University of Venezuela
Central University of Venezuela
The Central University of Venezuela is a premier public University of Venezuela located in Caracas...
and won a scholarship to study in Europe after receiving the highest grades in his class. He went to the University of Freiburg
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...
where he attended the lectures of Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher known for his existential and phenomenological explorations of the "question of Being."...
and Eugen Fink
Eugen Fink
Eugen Fink was a German philosopher.-Biography:Fink was born in 1905 as the son of a government official in Germany. He spent his first school years with an uncle who was a catholic priest. Fink attended a gymnasium in Konstanz where he succeeded with his extraordinary memory...
. He taught philosophy at the Central University of Venezuela from 1956 to 1980 and became the Chair of the Department in two occasions and served also as Dean of the School of Humanities. Since 1987 a biannual Prize in his honor rewards the best philosophical essay written in Venezuela.
Works
- Ontología del siglo XX: Husserl, Hartmann, Heidegger y Sartre (Universidad Central de Venezuela: Caracas 1966).
- Historia y totalidad: el concepto de reificación en Lukács (Monte Ávila: Caracas 1968).
- Ensayos sobre Sartre (Monte Ávila: Caracas 1968).
- Tres fundamentaciones del marxismo (Monte Ávila: Caracas 1976). ISBN 9789800110058
- Usos y abusos del concepto de alienación (Monte Ávila, Caracas 1981).
- Vida e historia de Ortega y Gasset (Monte Ávila: Caracas 1985). ISBN 9789800100035
- Obras completas (Monte Ávila : Caracas 1997) ISBN 9800110054