Willem Visser 't Hooft belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Willem Visser 't Hooft as Dutch theologian who became the first secretary general of the World Council of Churches in 1948 and held this position until his retirement in 1966.
Willem Visser 't Hooft was born at Haarlem in 1900. His recorded nationality is Netherlands.
Around the turn of the twentieth century philosophy split into traditions that largely stopped reading one another.
His academic posts were held at World Council of Churches.
The recorded fields of work are theology and christianity.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
Recognition followed: Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (1966), Wateler Peace Prize (1962) and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
That the work was done from Netherlands matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Willem Visser 't Hooft died in 1985, aged 85. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association — 1966
- Wateler Peace Prize — 1962
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Held posts at World Council of Churches
- Fields: theology and Christianity
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