Clemens Schwaiger

Clemens Schwaiger SDB (born May 16, 1962 in Aichach ) is a German friar and Roman Catholic philosopher .

Life

He grew up in Radersdorf . After graduating from the Holbein-Gymnasium in Augsburg in 1981, he studied philosophy at the University of Philosophy in Munich from 1981 to 1986 , where he obtained his Magister Artium in 1986. From 1981 to 1988 he studied Catholic theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he obtained a diploma in Catholic theology in 1988. He completed his doctoral studies (1990–1993) in Trier in 1993 as Dr. phil. from. Since 1996 he has been teaching philosophy at the Philosophical-Theological College of the Salesians Don Bosco in Benediktbeuern . After habilitation in philosophy at the University of Trier in 1998, he has been professor of philosophy at the Philosophical-Theological University of the Salesians Don Bosco in Benediktbeuern and a lecturer at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Munich since 1999 .

The problem of happiness in Christian Wolff's thinking. A study of the history of sources, concepts and development on key terms of his ethics (= research and materials for the German Enlightenment. Volume 10). Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1995, ISBN 3-7728-1682-7 , (also dissertation, Trier 1993).
as editors with Terry Boswell and Riccardo Pozzo : John Locke, guidance of the human mind. A Treatise on the Miracles. Of the Conduct of the Understanding. A Discourse of Miracles. In the translation Königsberg 1755 by Georg David Kypke based on the first edition of the work, London 1714 . Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1996, ISBN 3-7728-1711-4 .
Categorical and other imperatives. On the development of Kant's practical philosophy until 1785 (= research and materials for the German Enlightenment. Volume 14). Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1999, ISBN 3-7728-1971-0 (also habilitation thesis, Trier 1997).
How happy is man For recording and processing ancient theories of happiness in Thomas von Aquin (= Benediktbeurer university writings. Volume 13). Don-Bosco-Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7698-1185-2 .
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten - an intellectual portrait. Studies on metaphysics and ethics by Kant's lead author (= research and materials for the German Enlightenment. Volume 24). Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 2011, ISBN 978-3-7728-2603-0 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schwaiger, Clemens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German friar, Salesian Don Bosco, philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH	May 16, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aichach