Arthur Huebscher

Arthur Hübscher (born January 3, 1897 in Cologne , † April 10, 1985 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German philosopher , cultural scientist and philologist .

Life

Hübscher initially worked as a feature section editor in Munich, including for the Süddeutsche Monatshefte . From 1936 to 1982 he headed the German Schopenhauer Society in Frankfurt am Main and was the editor of the Schopenhauer yearbook and the historical-critical complete edition of Arthur Schopenhauer 's works, letters and conversations . His writings deal mainly with the life and work of Schopenhauer. From 1982 until his death he was the senior president of the Schopenhauer Society. In 1959 he commissioned the artist Albert Windisch to draw a portrait of Schopenhauer, which was also printed as a woodcut.

Hübscher received numerous awards for his work, including the Schopenhauer Medal and the Goethe plaque of the city of Frankfurt am Main in 1960 on the occasion of Schopenhauer's 100th anniversary of his death , in 1967 the plaque of honor of the city of Frankfurt am Main and the Goethe plaque of the State of Hesse , the Great Federal Cross of Merit (1961) with star (1975) and in 1977 an honorary doctorate from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main .

At the request of his widow, Hübscher's urn was buried next to Schopenhauer in his grave complex in the Frankfurt main cemetery.

Editions, writings, works

• Hymns in free stanzas . From Friedrich Hölderlin. Ed. U. a. v. Arthur Huebscher. Habbel & Naumann publishing house. Regensburg 1924. 62 pp.
• Munich poet book . [Anthology] Verlag Knorr & Hirth. Munich 1929. 214 pp.
• Arthur Schopenhauer's Conversations . Edited by Arthur Huebscher. Carl Winter publishing house. Heidelberg 1933. VI, 432 pp.
• The classic of the catheter flower . Johann Georg August Galletti's collected sayings, enjoyable and thoughtful to read. Reinhard Piper publishing house. Munich 1936. 114 pp.
• Arthur Schopenhauer . A picture of life. With 8 figs. 2 manuscript samples. Publishing house FA Brockhaus. Leipzig 1938. 130 pp.
• The young Schopenhauer . Aphorisms and diary sheets. Edited by Arthur Huebscher. Reinhard Piper publishing house. Munich 1938. L, 120 pp.
• Holderlin's late hymns . Interpretation and text design. Reinhard Piper publishing house. Munich 1942. 142 pp.
• Philosophers of the present . Fifty portraits. Reinhard Piper publishing house. Munich 1949. 176 pp.
• Late romance . [A selection from German romantic poetry] Ed. U. a. v. Arthur Huebscher. Publishing house Ingeborg Stahlberg. Karlsruhe 1949. 400 pp.
• The great prophecy . Texts, history and interpretation of the prophecies from the biblical prophets to our time. Verlag Ernst Heimeran. Munich 1952. 254 pp.
• German spirit world . 2 Vols. Darmstadt 1953. - Vol. 1: From Luther to Hegel . Edited by Hermann Noack. 384 pp. - Vol. 2: From Schopenhauer to Heisenberg . Edited by Arthur Hübscher, under co. Theodor Kiener. 360 p.
• Thinkers of our time . 2 vols. Adults new edition. v. Arthur Hübscher: Philosophers of the Present . Reinhard Piper publishing house. Munich 1956–1961. 364 u. 358 pp.
• From Hegel to Heidegger . Shape and problems. Publishing house Philipp Reclam. Stuttgart 1961. 278 pp. - 2nd edition 1974. - 3rd edition 1979.
• Life with Schopenhauer . Waldemar Kramer publishing house. Frankfurt Main 1966. 168 pp.
• Arthur Schopenhauer: The handwritten estate . 4 in 5 volumes. Ed. Arthur Huebscher. Frankfurt Main 1966–1975. - Vol. 1: Early Manuscripts (1804-1818) . 1966. XVI, 530 pp. - Vol. 2: Critical Debates (1809-1818) . 1967. XXX, 500 pp. - Vol. 3: Berliner Manuskripte (1818-1830) . 1970. XXII, 748 pp. - Vol. 4.1: The manuscript books from 1830 to 1852 . 1974. XIV, 358 pp. - Vol. 4.2: Last manuscripts . 1975. XX, 404 pp. - Vol. 5: Marginal writings on books . 1968. XXXVIII, 536 pp.
• Thinkers against the current . Schopenhauer, yesterday, today, tomorrow. Bouvier publishing house. Bonn 1982. 356 pp.

See also

• Huebscher's successor as head of the Schopenhauer Society was Wolfgang Schirmacher .

literature

• Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . First volume. A – L (=  publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 1 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7829-0444-3 .
• Andreas Hansert, Schopenhauer in the 20th century. History of the Schopenhauer Society , Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-78589-7
• Fabio Ciracì, In lotta per Schopenhauer. La “Schopenhauer Society” fra ricerca filosofica e manipolazione ideologica 1911–1948 , Lecce (Italia) 2011, ISBN 978-88-8232-838-2

Web links

• Literature by and about Arthur Hübscher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Commemorative medal
• The estate in the Bavarian State Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Subtenants in the philosopher's grave . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , 1988, pp. 186 ( online - February 1, 1988 ).