Adolf Dyroff

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Professor Adolf Dyroff, around 1905

Adolf Dyroff (born February 2, 1866 in Damm , † July 3, 1943 in Munich ) was a German philosopher .

Life

He was born in Damm, Aschaffenburg District Office, grew up in neighboring Aschaffenburg and studied Classical Studies , German Studies , History , Art History and Philosophy in Würzburg and Bonn from 1884 to 1888 . His two cousins ​​- cf. City and Abbey Archives Aschaffenburg, Home Register, D 1, Tab. 84 (Andreas Dyroff 1824–1878, father of Karl and Anton) a. Tab. 214 (Heinrich Dyroff 1834–1879, brother of Andreas and father of Adolf) - Karl and Anton were also professors who completed their habilitation in Munich.

Dyroff received his doctorate in 1892 in Würzburg, then switched to teaching at the city's humanistic grammar school and qualified as a professor in Munich in 1899 . In 1901 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Freiburg and in 1903 he followed the call to Bonn University . There he taught Catholic philosophy until 1934, and was rector of the faculty in 1925 and 1926.

At the beginning of the 1920s , Dyroff campaigned resolutely for the reconstruction of the main university building, which had not been fully rebuilt after the devastating fire of 1777. As a deeply religious person he was unsustainable for the National Socialists and was forced to retire in 1934. The NSDAP also prevented Dyroff from being awarded the Goethe Medal for Art and Science . Adolf Dyroff died in Munich in 1943. A street was named after him in his birthplace Aschaffenburg-Damm and in Bonn.

Dyroff was a very active member of the Catholic corporation association KV since his student days . In Würzburg he was active in the K.St.V. Normannia, in Munich in the KSSt.V. Alemannia , in whose commemorative publication on the 25th anniversary of its founding it is also mentioned and illustrated in 1906 (year 1885/86) In Bonn he became an honorary philistine at the K.St.V. Arminia and the K.St.V. Vandalia, all in KV . Since 1912 he was a member of the Academic-Scientific Association Renaissance .

meaning

Dyroff was considered a profound expert on the history of philosophy and one of the most important Catholic thinkers in the first half of the 20th century . He saw his scientific life's work in seeing Western philosophy as a unit. He was probably the first to recognize the importance of the Renaissance philosophy. That he tried to bring the Catholic faith to modern philosophy was confirmed by the Catholic side, for example. T. criticized. His students, such as Heinrich Lützeler and Johannes Maria Verweyen , affectionately called him Papa Dyroff . His most important students were Peter Wust and Theodor Steinbüchel . Even Martin Honecker and Erich Feldmann were his pupils.

Since he was convinced of the inner connection of any culture, his research also included classical antiquity, literature and the history of art and religion. He did not limit his activity to the university. In many lectures and newspaper articles, he spread his ideas to the public as long as possible.

Works

  • The Ethics of the Ancient Stoa (1897)
  • Democritus Studies (1899)
  • About the existential concept (1902)
  • Introduction to Psychology (1908)
  • Religion and Morals (1925)
  • Reflections on History (1926)
  • About the scientific activity of German Catholics (Academic monthly sheets 1928)
  • On the Relationship between Medicine and Science in the Renaissance (1937)
  • The idea of ​​God among the European philosophers (1941)
  • Introduction to Philosophy (1950, posthumous)
  • Aesthetics of the Active Mind (1950 posthumously)

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Adolf Dyroff  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fritz Aldefeld (ed.): Total directory of RKDB Neuss 1,931th
personal data
SURNAME Dyroff, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Damm , Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1943
Place of death Munich , Bavaria