Samuel Maximilian Rieser
Austrian philosopher
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- PhD Philosophy University of Vienna
- Masters Philosophy University of Vienna
- Bachelors Philosophy University of Vienna
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Samuel Maximilian Rieser was an Austrian-born American lawyer and philosopher. Born in Kraków, where he went to school, he began the study of law in Vienna. His studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he lived in Switzerland. After the war he returned to Vienna, completed his law studies and obtained a position at an insurance company. In 1938 he opened a private law practice. Among his clients was Reinhold Hanisch, a childhood friend of Adolf Hitler. Rieser immigrated to the United States in 1939. Here he earned his living by writing under different pseudonyms for the New Yorker Staatszeitung. After World War II he worked for different European newsletters and as a translator for an immigrant service organization. Although he had never studied philosophy, he authored a series of essays, reviews and monographs, which appeared in different American philosophical journals. Among other things, he argued for a version of the Christ myth theory, the view that Jesus never existed.
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