Er studierte ab 1965 Philosophie (u. a. bei Theodor Adorno), Germanistik, Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte in Frankfurt am Main und in Berlin. ###>== Life ==From 1965 to 1972, Safranski studied philosophy (among others with Theodor W. Adorno), German literature, history and history of art at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and at the Free University in Berlin (then West Berlin).