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The article discusses concepts and perceptions of time during the era of the Protestant Reformation. Focusing on the period between 1480 and 1555, the author particularly highlights the ideas of teleological divine fulfillment, infinity, and repetition as tropes of Reformation-era intellectual discourse. Issues addressed include the works of Reformation-era theologians such as Martin Luther, the concept of truth in Reformation-era theology and Biblical criticism, and contemporary interpretations of the siege of Magdeburg, Germany, in 1550.

The German philosopher and intellectual historian Karl Löwith is known and discussed mainly in the English language via his major work on secularization – Meaning in History, first written and published in English – and the more recently translated essays that criticize Martin Heidegger. However, Löwith’s body of work is rarely considered for the original contribution that it offers to the discourse on the questions of modernity and modern life. This oversight is due much to the way in which Hans Blumenberg and Jürgen Habermas have each ‘dealt’ with Löwith’s position; Löwith in each case becomes a flagstone in the path to their own theories. This article reappraises Löwith’s thought through an exploration of his major works, and discovers that the concepts and motivations behind the critical force of his intellectual histories suggest a more sensitive reading of the modern condition than his critics allow. His notions of nature, cosmos and eternity, and his steadfast skepticism, reveal Löwith to be a theorist of the limits of human finitude, and set him apart from his contemporaries and his former teacher Heidegger. It is these aspects of his work that will continue to be provocative for both defenders of freedom and defenders of nature. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This brief paper aims at discussing representations of earthly time and its relationship to Christological eternity (non-temporality) in the German version of The Quest of the Holy Grail, dating back to the end of the 13th century (Codex 147 of Bibliotheca Palatina Germaniae from Heidelberg, c. 1290). The inquiry about time in this source allows not only to elucidate the time conception that underlies the Arthurian romans -- either German or pertaining to other medieval traditions, but also to achieve an index of intelligibility on the way central-medieval people (11 to 13th centuries) actually experienced and represented the History of Salvation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human dignity—inviolability of the home—Constitutional amendments and the Eternity Clause—Interpretation of constitutional amendments—German Constitutional Court rules on the implementation of electronic eavesdropping measures—decision of March 3, 2004 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]