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          Raimond "Rai" Gaita is a German-born Australian philosopher and writer, best known for his biography about his early life, titled Romulus, My Father.

        1. Raimond Gaita is Professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne and Professor Emeritus of Moral Philosophy at Kings College London.
        2. Born in Germany in , I migrated with my parents to Australia in , then moved to England in where I lived in London for most of the.
        3. Raimond Gaita is an Australian philosopher and writer.
        4. I've worked in philosophy departments for more than forty years and regard philosophy as my vocation rather than my profession or career.

          5. Born in Germany in , I migrated with my parents to Australia in , then moved to England in where I lived in London for most of the....

          Raimond Gaita

          Australian philosopher

          Raimond "Rai" Gaita (born Raimund Joseph Gaita; 14 May 1946) is a German-born Australian philosopher and writer, best known for his 1998 biography about his early life, titled Romulus, My Father.

          He was foundation professor of philosophy at the Australian Catholic University, and professor of moral philosophy at King's College London.

          Early life and education

          Raimond Joseph Gaita[1] (born Raimund) was born in Dortmund, Westphalia, Germany, on 14 May 1946, to a Yugoslav-born Romanian father, Romulus Gaiță (28 December 1922 – May 1996) and a German mother, Christine ("Christel") Anna Dörr (16 November 1928 – 1958).[2] In Germany, from 1942 to 1945, Romulus was employed as a smith and metal worker.[2] The Gaita family migrated to Australia from Yugoslavia[3] in April 1950, just before Raimond turned four.[4]

          The family lived in an isolated shack in the Vi