Hans-Georg Gadamer (Breslau, 1900-2002) was an exceptional witness to the passage of the nineteenth-century academic philosophy to contemporary philosophy proper primarily represented by Martin Heidegger, whose style of thinking represents a real shock to the students of the twenties, and still retains its force and influence. After the war, Gadamer, rector of the University of Leipzig, tried to reorganize the college life in coexistence with the spirit of socialism Soviet sign. The coexistence was impossible and Gadamer moved to Frankfurt. He finally found his professorship in Heidelberg short, from which, over a quarter century to contemporary thought contributed to the contribution of his philosophical hermeneutics.