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Albert Schweitzer believed that ethical values which could underpin the ideal of true civilization had to have their foundation in deep thought and be world- and life-affirming. He therefore embarked on a search for ethical values in the various major religions and world-views accessible to him, but could not find any that were able ...
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 by Albert Schweitzer during the previous year, before he began to study for a medical degree.
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer OM (German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃvaɪtsɐ] ⓘ; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German and French polymath from Alsace.He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.
[1] [33] Albert Schweitzer wrote in The Quest of the Historical Jesus (1906; 1910) that Strauss's arguments "filled in the death-certificates of a whole series of explanations which, at first sight, have all the air of being alive, but are not really so". He added that there are two broad periods of academic research in the quest for the ...
Albert Schweitzer's "reverence for life" principle was a precursor of modern biocentric ethics. [5] In contrast with traditional ethics, the ethics of "reverence for life" denies any distinction between "high and low" or "valuable and less valuable" life forms, dismissing such categorization as arbitrary and subjective. [ 5 ]
The view was initiated by Johannes Weiss, and "picked up, developed, and popularized" by Albert Schweitzer. [2] It is an exclusive futuristic eschatology , the consistent interpretation of Jesus ' eschatology as an expectation of an imminent end, and the thorough-going eschatology, [ 3 ] the first position by Schweitzer.
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Albert Schweitzer most commonly refers to the German-French theologian and philosopher (1875–1965). Albert Schweitzer may also refer to: Albert Schweitzer (artist), American artist (1921–2023) Albert Schweitzer (film), 1957 film about the theologian; Albert Schweitzer (train), train named after the theologian