Albert Schweitzer
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view.
Background
- Born in
- Kaysersberg
- Educated at
- philosophy faculty of the German university of Prague
- Awards
- 🏆 Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès🏆 honorary citizen of Pfaffenhoffen🏆 Honorary member of the Order of Merit🏆 Nobel Peace Prize🏆 Pour le Mérite
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Theobald Ziegler
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Trending topics shown first"Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being."
"Thus each successive epoch of theology found its own thoughts in Jesus; that was, indeed, the only way in which it could make Him live. But it was not only each epoch that found its reflection in Jesu…"
"This dogma had first to be shattered before men could once more go out in quest of the historical Jesus, before they could even grasp the thought of His existence. That the historic Jesus is something…"
"The ethic of reverence for life constrains all, in whatever walk of life they may find themselves, to busy themselves intimately with all the human and vital processes which are being played out aroun…"
"It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed. It was once considered foolish to suppose that black men were really human beings and ought to be treated as such.…"
"Only when an ideal of peace is born in the minds of the peoples will the institutions set up to maintain this peace effectively fulfill the function expected of them."
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Timeline
1921
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