Ludwig Klages

Ludwig Klages (1872-1956) was a German philosopher, psychologist, and graphologist who is considered one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century in the Germanosphere. He was a leader in the German vitalist movement and founded modern graphology, establishing a center for characterological study in Munich in 1905. He was a two-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature and moved to Switzerland in 1915, where he wrote much of his mature philosophical work.