| The Readability of the World Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996) was one of the most important German philosophers of the twentieth century. Among his books translated into English are Paradigms for a Metaphorology , Rigorism of Truth , St. Matthew Passion , The Legitimacy of the Modern Age , and Care Crosses the River . His criticism and other writings have been collected and translated in History, Metaphors, Fables . |