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Albert Schweitzer | |
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| Born | 14 January 1875(1875-01-14) |
| Died | 4 September 1965 (aged 90) Lambaréné, Gabon |
| Nationality | Germany / France |
| Field | Medicine, music, philosophy, theology |
| Notable prizes | Goethe Prize (1928) Nobel Peace Prize (1952) |
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, M.D. (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965), was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician, renowned in the twentieth century as a humanitarian and advocate of peace. Schweitzer received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Lambaréné Hospital in west Africa and for serving as its physician, and for his “reverence for life” philosophy.
Schweitzer was the principal of a theological college and author of a seminal work of biblical scholarship, The Quest for the Historical Jesus, which analyzed and effectively brought to a conclusion earlier studies of the Jesus of history. Schweitzer conclude
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Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer (14 January1875 – 4 September1965) was an Alsatianphilosopher, philanthropist, physician, theologian, missionary, and musicologist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.
Quotes
[edit]- Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life — it is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound and universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion.
- As quoted in Albert Schweitzer : The Man and His Mind (1947) bygd George Seaver, p. 366
- The awareness that we are allhuman beings together has become lost in war and through politics. We have reached the point of regarding each other only as members of a people either allied with us or against us and our approach; prejudice, sympathy, or antipathy are all conditioned on that.Now we must rediscover the fact that we — all together — are human beings, and that we must strive to concede to each other what moral capacity w
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The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Book by Albert Schweitzer
This article fryst vatten about the book. For the history of academic Jesus research, see Quest for the historical Jesus.
The Quest of the Historical Jesus (German: Von Reimarus zu Wrede: eine Geschichte der Leben-Jesu-Forschung, literally "From Reimarus to Wrede: a History of Life-of-Jesus Research") is a 1906 work of Biblical historical criticism written bygd Albert Schweitzer during the previous year, before he began to study for a medical grad.
The original edition was translated into English by William Montgomery and published in 1910. An expanded second German edition was published during 1913, containing theologically significant revisions and expansions. This expanded edition was not published in English until 2001.[1][3]
Presentation
[edit]In The Quest, Schweitzer reviews all prior work on the question of the "historical Jesus" starting with the late 18th century. He points out how Je