Carl Schaarschmidt

Carl (also: Karl) Max Wilhelm Schaarschmidt (born November 3, 1822 in Berlin ; † December 26, 1908 ) was a German librarian .

Life

Schaarschmidt attended the Friedrichswerder High School in Berlin and the Royal State School Pforta before studying classical philology, history and philosophy in Berlin and Halle . In 1845 he received his doctorate. He completed his probationary year at the Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster , interrupted by a position as a private tutor in England with the sons of the Bavarian ambassador August von Cetto . In 1847, after his return to Berlin, he completed the probationary year at the Cöllnisches Realgymnasium , where he was an assistant teacher from 1848 to 1849. In 1849 he received his habilitation at the University of Bonn . He then taught at the University of Bonn, interrupted by a year at the Royal Pedagogical Seminar in Berlin. In October 1854 Schaarschmidt was then secretary at the Bonn University Library . However, he continued to teach at the university, becoming an associate professor in 1859 and a full honorary professor in 1895. As a librarian, he became a sub-librarian in 1872 and a senior librarian in 1882. In 1901 he retired. From 1892 to 1895 he was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Library in Berlin.

Works (selection)

• Plato et Spinoza philosophi inter se comparati , Berlin 1845 (Berlin, Univ. Diss. 1845).
• Descartes and Spinoza: documented presentation of the philosophy of both , Bonn 1850.
• The course of development of the newer speculation: as an introduction to the philosophy of history , Bonn: Marcus 1857.
• Emanuel Swedenborg: Lecture given at Neuwied on March 14, 1861 . In: Lectures for the educated audience; 2: Second Collection 1862, pp. 87-104.
• Johannes Saresberiensis based on Life and Studies, Writings and Philosophy , Leipzig: Teubner 1862.
• The alleged writing of Philolaus and the fragments of the books ascribed to him , Bonn: Marcus 1864.
• The collection of platonic writings on the separation of the real from the fake , Bonn: Marcus 1866.
• Explanations of the New Treatises on the Human Mind by GW v. Leibniz , Leipzig: Dürr 1874 (Philosophical Library; 70).
• On the nature and tasks of philosophy: its significance for the present and its prospects for the future , [Berlin] [1877].
• About the value of life , Heidelberg: Winter 1879 (collection of lectures for the German people; 1.5).
• Der Atheismus , Heidelberg: Winter 1879 (collection of lectures for the German people; 2.1).
• About the belief in immortality: A lecture given on January 8, 1883 , Heidelberg: Winter 1883 (collection of lectures for the German people; 9.3).
• The religion: Introduction to its development history , Leipzig: Dürr 1907 ( online ).

literature

• Ernst Dorsch: Karl Schaarschmidt † . In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , 1909, pp. 74–78.