August Brunner

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August Brunner SJ (born January 3, 1894 in Orschwihr , † April 11, 1985 in Munich ) was a German Catholic theologian and philosopher .

Life

Brunner dealt mainly with Thomas Aquinas , Husserl and Sartre . The focus of his philosophical interest was epistemology . Brunner was one of the editors of the monthly philosophical-theological magazine Voices of the Time .

Brunner entered the German province of the Society of Jesus in 1912 . He made the novitiate in Feldkirch, Austria . He then started studying philosophy in Valkenburg, the Netherlands, and was drafted as a nurse during the First World War . From 1921 theological studies followed, which led him from 1923 to 1925 to the French study house in Ore Place near Hastings . There he met Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Henri de Lubac . He was ordained a priest in 1924 and completed his training in Ireland in 1926. After that he was first used in pastoral care in Stockholm .

From 1929 he taught philosophy in Valkenburg. 1932–37 he was co-editor of the journal Scholastik . After the Philosophical Faculty had to be dissolved in 1936 under pressure from the National Socialists , he went to the French University of the Order on the island of Jersey in 1937 , where he took over a chair for logic and metaphysics . In 1941 he went to Paris , since 1943 he taught in Vals-près-le-Puy ( Haute-Loire department ). In 1946 he went to Munich, where he was part of the editorial team of the monthly magazine Voices of the Time .

Fonts

  • The basic questions of philosophy . A systematic structure. Freiburg Breisgau 1933. XIV, 294 pp. - 2nd edition - 3rd edition - 4th, newly edited. 1956. 314 pp. - 5th edition 1961. - 6th edition 1963. - 7th edition 1978. Munich 1978.
  • La connaissance humaine . Paris 1943.
  • Epistemology . Kolmar 1945.
  • La personne incarnée . Étude sur la phenoménologie et la philosophie existentialiste. Paris 1947. 300 pp.
  • Epistemology . Cologne 1948. 378 pp.
  • The step building of the world . Ontological investigations into person, life, matter. Munich 1950. 580 pp.
  • Belief and knowledge . A philosophical-theological exposition. Munich 1951. 232 pp.
  • A new creation . A contribution to the theology of Christian life. Paderborn 1952. 216 pp.
  • Basic questions of Christian philosophy . A systematic structure. Edit and ed. v. Bruno Borucki. Leipzig 1955. XVI, 268 pp.
  • The religion . A philosophical investigation based on history. Freiburg Breisgau 1956. 390 pp.
  • Christianity without a future? Religion in the world of today and tomorrow. Decision. A series of publications. H. 7. Kevelaer 1957. 32 pp.
  • Many religions - one truth . The religions and Christianity. Decision. A series of publications. H. 11. Kevelaer 1958. 30 pp.
  • Knowing and Believing . Nature and grounds of belief. Decision. A series of publications. H. 14. Kevelaer 1959. 36 pp.
  • Historicity . Bern 1961. 204 pp.
  • From the Christian life . Collected Essays. Würzburg 1962. 368 pp.
  • The step over the borders . The essence and meaning of mysticism. Würzburg 1972. 282 pp.
  • Trinity . Personal access to the mystery. Criteria. Vol. 39. Einsiedeln 1976. 138 pp.
  • Knowledge and tradition . Epimeleia. Contributions to philosophy. Vol. 29 Munich 1976. 118 pp.
  • Christianity as communion with God through Christ . Regensburg 1977. 140 pp.
  • Kant and the reality of the spiritual . A critique of the transcendental method. Munich 1978. 112 pp.
  • Person and encounter . A foundation of philosophy. Munich 1982. 200 pp.
  • Grace . Criteria. Vol. 67. Einsiedeln 1983. 128 pp.
  • Revelation and faith . A phenomenological study. Munich 1985. 160 pp.

literature

  • Gerald A. McCool: Recent trends in German scholasticism: Brunner and Lotz. In: International Philosophical Quarterly I (1961) pp. 668-682
  • Egon Becker: Revelation and Faith according to August Brunner. Saarbrücken 1969
  • Rudolf Urbanski: Mission Statement and History. On the model problem in August Brunner's book “Geschichtlichkeit” . In: Scientific Journal. Friedrich Schiller University. Society and Linguistics Series 19 (1970), pp. 665–670
  • Karl-Heinz Neufeld: The work of August Brunner SJ In: Archivum Societatis Jesu 58 (1989), pp. 87–119
  • Emerich Coreth , Walter M. Neidl and Georg Pfligersdorffer (eds.): Christian Philosophy in Catholic Thought of the 19th and 20th Centuries. , Vol. 3. Graz a. a. 1990, pp. 233-242

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personal data
SURNAME Brunner, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Orschwihr
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1985
Place of death Munich