10.10.1999 [guardian] - It began as an arcane dispute between philosophers over the ethics of gene technology. Now the debate among some of Europe's leading thinkers has turned into a bitter battle for the soul of the new Germany. For two weeks running, it has dominated the front page of the liberal weekly Die Zeit, as television chat shows discuss the respective merits of Nietzsche, Heidegger and (...) (...)to Assheuer, but an angrier letter was addressed to Jürgen Habermas, Germany's most influential thinker, who had not made any public
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