Giwi Margwelaschwili is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Giwi Margwelaschwili as Georgian philosopher (1927-2020).
Giwi Margwelaschwili was born at Berlin in 1927. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at Ilia State University.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at University of Bamberg.
A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
The honours record reads: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2008), Goethe Medal (2006) and Presidential Order of Excellence (2014).
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Giwi Margwelaschwili died in 2020, aged 93. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany — 2008
- Goethe Medal — 2006
- Presidential Order of Excellence — 2014
- Held posts at University of Bamberg
