Alexander Varga by Kibéd

Alexander Varga von Kibéd and Makfalva (Hungarian: Sándor Kibédi Varga ) (born March 18, 1902 in Szentgerice , Hungary , today: Gălăţeni , Romania ; † June 17, 1986 in Munich ) was a German - Hungarian philosopher .

Life

After attending grammar school in Kolozsvár , Alexander Varga von Kibéd studied philosophy at the Universities of Szeged , Budapest , Berlin and Heidelberg . After teaching at the University of Budapest, he was professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich from 1951 and at the Munich University of Education from 1959 . Varga von Kibéd's main interests were epistemology and transcendental philosophy ; he was considered a specialist in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant .

family

Varga von Kibéd came from a Hungarian noble family; his mother was also a Hungarian noblewoman. He was married twice. He had two sons with his first wife; from his second marriage to Mariamalie, geb. Rudeloff, Rolf Hetsch's widowed wife , comes from Matthias Varga von Kibéd , who also became a philosopher.

Honors

• Governing commander of the Order of St. John

Works

In addition to his philosophical specialist publications, a lot received attention:

• Defensio philosophiae: on the necessity of philosophy . Uni-Druck, Munich 1970, ISBN 3-87821-069-8
• The essence of Hungary . Uni-Druck, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-87821-152-X ; Article on the web (PDF document, five languages; 556 kB)

literature

• Union Diplomatique Mondiale (ed.): Munich prominence 1962–1963 . UDM-Verlag, Munich without a year.

Web links

• Literature by and about Alexander Varga von Kibéd in the catalog of the German National Library
• Stichting Mikes International (ed.): Sándor Kibédi Varga: Das Wesen des Ungartums . Hungarian Federation in the Netherlands (Hungarian, English, French, German and Spanish), PDF document