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An independent critique of materialism… Senior philosopher Lee Yeong-ho dies

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Lee Yeong-ho, a former professor of philosophy at Hanyang University, who devoted himself to independent philosophical research that differed from Western philosophy after serving a prison sentence for the ‘1st People’s Revolutionary Party (Inhyeokdang) Incident’, died in her old age. the night of the 20th. 86 years old.

The deceased was born in Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do in February 1936. While attending Busan High School, he formed a group called ‘The Dark Field’ with Lee Su-byung and Kim Geum-soo to study social science. In 1964, he was arrested and served in prison for the first Inhyeokdang incident. Among those arrested in Busan at the time, Gwangju University professor emeritus Lee Yeong-seok died last February, and former labor, management and government chairman Kim Geum-soo died last October.

The deceased worked as a lecturer at Gongju University and after quitting, sold sweet potatoes and eggs at a street stall and ran a noodle factory. Afterwards, while working as a professor in the Philosophy Department of Hanyang University, he rejected the trend of studying Western existentialist philosophy, Kant, and Hegel, and drew attention by studying his own philosophy.

He wrote ‘The World of Alienated Life and Representation’, which contains a critique of religion, ‘Anti-Semitism’, which highlighted the problems of idealism and current materialism, ‘Awareness and Practice’, which contains independent views on the practice of popularity . life to reach the consciousness of the world, He has published a number of books, including ‘How to look at history from a philosophical point of view’ in pursuit of independent historical awareness.

After retiring from his job, he farmed citrons along the coast of Jinhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, and produced a citron product called ‘Heavenly Fragrance’. Vinso at the Hanmaeum Hospital funeral hall in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, and the funeral took place on the morning of the 23rd.

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