Arthur Drews (philosopher)

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Arthur Drews.

Christian Heinrich Arthur Drews (born November 1, 1865 in Uetersen ( Holstein ), † July 19, 1935 in Achern ) was a German philosopher, writer and an important representative of German monism .

Life

After Bruno Bauer and Albert Kalthoff , Arthur Drews, a pupil of Eduard von Hartmann , was one of the most famous German contenders of the existence of a historical Jesus . His work The Christ Myth (1909) gave rise to heated public discussions.

Albert Schweitzer has devoted a chapter to the theses put forward by Drews in his History of Life-Jesus Research (1913). Today the Christ Myth in Germany - unlike in the Anglo-Saxon countries, where a translation (The Christ Myth) is still on the market - has largely been forgotten.

He died in the mental hospital Illenau in Achern, is next to the theologian Karl Bernhard Hundeshagen (1810-1872), Princess Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826-1875) and the mayor of Heilbronn Paul Hegelmaier (1847-1912) for their most famous patients.

Works

  • The ego as a basic problem in metaphysics. 1897
  • The teaching of space and time in post-Kantian philosophy: a contribution to the history of epistemology and the apologetics of metaphysics , Halle 1889, OCLC 604166990 (dissertation University of Halle-Wittenberg 1989, 73 pages).
  • Eduard von Hartmann's philosophical system in plan. 1902
  • Religion as God's self-confidence. A Philosophical Inquiry into the Nature of Religion. Jena 1906
  • Plotinus and the fall of the ancient worldview. Jena 1907; Reprint: Scientia-Verlag, Aalen 1964
  • The Christ myth. Jena 1909
  • The legend of Peter. A contribution to the mythology of Christianity. Frankfurt am Main 1910
  • Did Jesus Live? Speeches held at the Berlin Religious Discussion of the German Monist Association on January 31 and February 1, 1910 in the zoological garden on "The Christ Myth". Berlin 1910; 3rd edition: Mainz 1928; Reprint: Lenz, Neustadt 1994, ISBN 3-9802799-6-0
  • The Christ myth. Second part. The testimonies to the historicity of Jesus. An answer to the scribes with special reference to the theological method. Jena 1911
  • The monism represented in the contributions of its representatives. 2 volumes. Jena 1908
  • Free religion. Suggestions for the continuation of the Reformation idea. Jena 1917; 3rd edition 1921
  • The Gospel of Mark as a testimony against the historicity of Jesus. Jena 1921
  • The starry sky in the poetry and religion of the ancient peoples and Christianity. An introduction to astral mythology. Jena 1923
  • The emergence of Christianity from Gnosticism. Jena 1924
  • The denial of the historicity of Jesus in the past and present. Braun, Karlsruhe 1926 ( online )
  • The Marian myth. Jena 1928.
  • Philosophical correspondence with Eduard von Hartmann 1888–1906. Edited by Rudi Mutter and Eckhart Pilick. With an introduction by Eckhart Pilick. Guhl, Rohrbach 1995, ISBN 3-930760-10-X
  • The ethics of Jesus. Edited by the Free Religious Community Offenbach. With an introduction by Eckhart Pilick. Guhl, Rohrbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-930760-78-7
  • Collected essays, reviews, reviews and lectures. Edited by Stephan Kalk. With an introduction by Stephan Kalk. Angelika Lenz Verlag, Neu-Isenburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-943624-38-0

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Arthur Drews  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bornemann: Jesus as a problem. Lecture, at the same time a criticism of the Christ myth by Professor Dr. Arthur Drews. In: Willy Veit, Friedrich Wilhelm Bornemann: Jesus: 4 lectures (= Frankfurt lectures, 3). Diesterweg, Frankfurt a. M., 1910; DNB 580281302
personal data
SURNAME Drews, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drews, Christian Heinrich Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Uetersen
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1935
Place of death Achern , Baden-Wuerttemberg