 He died on 28 March 1996 in Altenberge (near Münster), Germany.Blumenberg created what has come to be called 'metaphorology', which states that what lies under metaphors and language modisms, is the nearest to the truth (and the farthest from ideologies).His last works, especially "Care Crosses the River" ("Die Sorge geht über den Fluss"), are attempts to apprehend human reality through its metaphors and involuntary expressions.