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In 1926 and 1927, Reich studied mainly mathematics and physics
in Berlin with, among others, Erhardt Schmidt, Planck, and Nernst.
But he also participated in philosophy seminars with Dessoir,
Liebert, Heinrich Maier, Reichenbach and Spranger, as well as in
seminars in classical philology with Werner Jaeger. In the summer
of 1928, Reich was back in Freiburg where he studied philosophy
with Cohn, Ebbinghaus, and Heidegger and where he continued with
mathematics and physics, which seemed necessary to him given his
preoccupation with Kant. After spending the winter of 1930-31 in
Berlin without being enrolled at a university, Reich followed
Ebbinghaus to Rostock the following spring-in addition to being his
student, since 1930 Reich had also developed a friendship with
Ebbinghaus. Reich was there conferred his doctorate in philosophy
in 1932. From 1932 to 1933, Reich was employed as an academic
assistant at Rostock University; but by the end of May 1933 he was
dismissed for political reasons. He carried on working as a freelance
scholar until 1939, even though he had originally intended to apply
for the habilitation after the mandatory two-year waiting period had
elapsed. This was prevented by political circumstances in Germany
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