Carl Albrecht Bernoulli

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Carl Albrecht Bernoulli , pseudonym Ernst Kilchner (born January 10, 1868 in Basel , † February 13, 1937 in Arlesheim ) was a Swiss Protestant theologian and writer.

Carl Albrecht Bernoulli (1868–1937) photographed by Fritz Bernoulli, Basel
Carl Albrecht Bernoulli

Life

Bernoulli was the son of the lawyer Carl Johann Bernoulli from the Bernoulli family . He studied theology at the University of Basel, especially with Bernhard Duhm and Franz Overbeck . He later moved to the universities of Strasbourg and Marburg . In 1894 he obtained his licentiate and in the following year he became a private lecturer in church history in Basel. He held this position until 1897.

That year he made his debut as a writer under the pseudonym "Ernst Kilchner" with the novel Lucas Heland . At the end of the same year he published a paper on church history, which was recognized as a habilitation. However, he renounced his teaching license and had been a freelance writer since 1898. Until the end of his life he published both fiction (including festivals ) as well as scientific material, etc. a. to church history.

After the death of his teacher Overbeck, he publicly defended him against accusations from the Nietzsche archives , namely from Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche . His two-volume work Friedrich Nietzsche and Franz Overbeck. A friendship , published in 1908 by Diederichs Verlag , can be regarded as the standard work of the “Basler Tradition” in Nietzsche research, which wanted to straighten out the transfigured Nietzsche image of the Weimar archive. In the second volume, because of a procedure initiated by Heinrich Köselitz, a number of passages had to be blackened and then completely deleted (see for more details under Nietzsche-Archiv # Das Basel “Gegenarchiv” ).

Bernoulli also published writings from Overbeck's estate. In the current edition of Overbeck's work, Bernoulli's compilation Christianity and Culture from Overbeck's estate is reprinted with proof of origin and critical apparatus. Bernoulli was occasionally criticized for looking for public controversy and, for example, in the trials against the Nietzsche archive, using sensationalism to damage the memory of his teacher Overbeck and Nietzsche.

From 1898 to 1901 he worked alternately in Paris and London . In 1901 he married Paula Heydenreich and lived with her for the next five years in London and Berlin . In 1906 he settled in Arlesheim and lived there for the rest of his life. In 1922 he took over the Ryhner Lektorat as a private lecturer for religious history in Basel and was then also appointed extraordinary professor for church history in 1926.

Carl Albrecht Bernoulli died on February 13, 1937 in Arlesheim at the age of 69.

His daughter Eva Bernoulli published a book in 1987, Memories of my father Carl Albrecht Bernoulli 1868-1937.

Works

  • Lucas Heland. Novel (1897)
  • The Scientific and Ecclesiastical Method in Theology (1897)
  • To the health garden. Novel (1906)
  • Friedrich Nietzsche and Franz Overbeck. A Friendship (1908)
  • Johann Jakob Bachofen and the symbol of nature. An attempt at appreciation (Basel 1924)
  • Systematic selection from Bachofen's works: Primordial religion and ancient symbols. 3 volumes. (Leipzig 1926)
  • Jesus as they saw him. An Interpretation of the First Three Gospels (1928)

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SURNAME Bernoulli, Carl Albrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kilchner, Ernst (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant theologian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1937
Place of death Arlesheim