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R. G. Collingwood in his An Autobiography has offered a general methodological maxim to be used by young readers as a guide: “a philosopher’s doctrines are his answers to certain questions he has asked himself, and no one who does not under-stand what the questions are can hope to understand the doctrines” (Collingwood 1939:55). It is possible to interpret this formula which is called “a logic of question and answer” by Collingwood (Collingwood 1939:36-37) in a way that includes more than merely the suggestion that the answer is based on very questions. First of all, the questions a philosopher asks himself/herself are experienced as problems in the dynamic rhythm of life and appear ves in history. These questions confronted by history require from a philosopher to understand them in their concrete context which is simultaneously both reproduced and open to interrogation. The “concrete historical determination of the position” that a philosopher is situated in is perceive by him/her as the true entrance to his/her thoughts. (Collingwood 1939: 37-42; Meier 1998:131-132; Herrero 2015: 4) In the manner sketched above, the purpose of this article is to offer a short biography which illustrates intellectual and personal stages of development of Carl Schmitt as a German political jurist, political theologian, political actor and political philosopher.