| Topic | Heidegger | Hedgewar |
|---|---|---|
| Born | 26 September 1889, Messkirch, Germany | 1 April 1889, Nagpur, India |
| Full Name | Martin Heidegger | Keshav Baliram Hedgewar |
| Title | German Philosopher | An Indian Physician |
| Major Works | Being and Time | The Founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) |
| Objective | Understand your existence, recognize your mortality, question the assumptions of everyday life, and take responsibility for how you live. Question of Being-in-the-world Understand Being, Understand human existence, Live authentically, Confront mortality, Examine our relationship with the world | Participated in India’s Nationalist Movement during the struggle against British Rule and was influenced by the Swadeshi Movement and Revolutionary Nationalism. Believed that India’s long-term strength required cultural self-confidence, social organization, discipline, and national unity, and he founded the RSS in 1925 to pursue these objectives. |