Anselm Rixner

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Anselm Rixner OSB , baptized name Thaddäus Anton Dominik (born August 3, 1766 in Tegernsee ; † February 10, 1838 in Munich ), until the secularization 1803 monk of the Benedictine abbey of Metten , was professor of philosophy at the electoral lyceum in Amberg .

biography

Thaddäus Anton Dominik Rixner was the son of a landlord in Tegernsee. After schooling in Tegernsee and Freising, he entered the Benedictine monastery of Metten in 1784, was given the religious name Anselm and was ordained a priest in June 1789. He received his theological training in the monastery home study. In 1789 Abbot Lambert Kraus sent the talented young monk to study at the Bavarian State University of Ingolstadt for a year . He then worked as a professor of philosophy in his home monastery and at the Prince-Bishop's Lyceum in Freising . In the same position he worked after the secularization at the lycees in Amberg (1803-1805), in Passau (1805-1808) and finally again in Amberg (1808-1834).

Anselm Rixner published important works on the history of philosophy and linguistics , among other things . His first important scientific publication came into being in Amberg and was entitled "Attempt at a New Representation of the Ancient Indian Solitary Teaching" (1808). This was followed by the "Aphorisms from Philosophy as a Guide for First Classes" (1809, 2nd, revised edition 1818), which showed a clear influence of Schelling's philosophy .

In 1832 he became a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

In 1834 Anselm Rixner retired and moved to Munich to live with his friend Thaddäus Siber and regularly attended Schelling's lectures. During this time he published the "History of Philosophy among Catholics in Altbaiern, Bavarian Swabians and Bavarian Franks" (1835). He died three years later in Munich.

Works (selection)

  • Synopsis institutionum philosophicarum , Munich 1795 [Diss. Freising].
  • Conspectus universae metaphysicae, sive naturae, sive morum, unacum positionibus ethicae universalis et specialis, nec non iuris naturae matheseos , Straubing 1797.
  • Aphorisms from philosophy. As a guideline for the first lesson for prospective science candidates , booklet 1, Landshut 1809.
  • Aphorisms of the whole philosophy. For the use of his lectures , Vol. 1: Purely theoretical philosophy , Vol. 2: Practical and aesthetic philosophy , Sulzbach 1818.
  • Handbook of the history of philosophy , 3 vol., Sulzbach 1823, 1829, 1850.
  • Wisdom sayings and jokes from Johann Georg Hamann's and Immanuel Kant's entire writings. Carefully selected and in alphabetical order, with the introductory characteristics of both men , Amberg 1828.
  • Explanatory alphabetical index of words on Johann Evangelist Kaindl's, Benedictine and former archivist of the Prifling Abbey near Regensburg, four-volume works Die Teutsche Sprache aus seine Wurzen , 2 vol., Sulzbach 1830.
  • History of philosophy among Catholics in Old Bavaria, Bavarian Swabia and Bavarian Franconia , Munich 1835.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Thaddäus Anselm Rixner, OSB , member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

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personal data
SURNAME Rixner, Anselm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rixner, Thaddäus Anton Dominik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Tegernsee
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1838
Place of death Munich