Clemens Zintzen
Clemens Zintzen (born June 24, 1930 in Aachen ) is a German classical philologist .
Life
From 1952 to 1958 Zintzen studied classical philology, philosophy and German in Cologne and Bonn. In 1957 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. From 1958 to 1961 he worked as a high school teacher before returning to specialist science and qualifying as a professor in 1963. The following year he received his first lectureship at the University of Cologne . In 1968 he accepted a position as scientific advisor and professor in Mannheim, in 1969 he accepted a call as full professor for classical philology at the University of Saarland . In 1972 he moved to the University of Cologne as a professor of classical philology, where he worked until his retirement in 1994 and continued to teach regularly until the end of the 2010 summer semester.
Clemens Zintzen has been a full member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz since 1977 . From 1986 to 1993 he was Vice President and from 1993 to 2005 President of the Mainz Academy, and from 1998 to 2002 also Chairman of the Union of German Academies of Sciences . In 1981 he was also appointed a member of the Mediaeval Academy of America . In 2003 he was awarded the Bene merenti in silver medal by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences for his services to the academies . In 2000 Zintzen was awarded the Ausonius Prize . In 1998 Jürgen Zöllner awarded him the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1st class). Zintzen is a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech).
In his research, Zintzen u. a. with the philosophy of Neoplatonism , the history of reception and the Florentine Renaissance .
Fonts (selection)
- 1960 Analytical hypomnema on Senecas Phaedra , Meisenheim: Hain.
- 1963 Damascii Vitae Isidori reliquae , Cologne.
- 1977 The philosophy of Neoplatonism , Darmstadt: WBG 1977.
- 1979 The Laocoon episode near Virgil , Mainz: Academy of Sciences and Literature 1979.
- 1981 Middle Platonism , Darmstadt: WBG.
- 1987 On the problem of reception in the humanities , Stuttgart: Steiner.
- 1990 Foundations and characteristics of Florentine humanism , Stuttgart: Steiner.
- 1999 The future of basic research , Stuttgart: Steiner.
- 2000 Athens - Rome - Florence , Hildesheim: Olms.
- 2000 On the image of man in the Renaissance , Munich: Saur.
Web links
- Literature by and about Clemens Zintzen in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical data of Clemens Zintzen in: Wer ist Wer - Das deutsche Who's Who 2000/2001 . 39th edition, Schmidt-Römhild, Verlagsgruppe Beleke, Lübeck 2000, p. 1581, ISBN 978-3-7950-2029-3 .
- ↑ member entry of Clemens Zintzen at the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz , accessed on 11.06.17
- ↑ see page of Acatech about Zintzen as a member
First chair: Ernst Vogt (1967–1975) | Hans-Jürgen Horn (1975-2001)
Second chair (Councilor until 1974): Clemens Zintzen (1968–1969) | Burkhart Cardauns (1971-2001)
First professorship: Rudolf Stark (1949–1966) | Otto Lendle (1967–1977) | Carl Werner Müller (1978–1999) | Peter Riemer (since 2000)
Second professorship: Ernst Zinn (1951–1956) | Heinrich Dörrie (1957–1961) | Robert Schröter (1962–1968) | Clemens Zintzen (1969–1972) | Eckard Lefèvre (1974–1977) | Woldemar Görler (1980–1999)
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Focus on Greek Studies : Josef Kroll (1922–1956) | Albrecht Dihle (1958–1974) | Rudolf Kassel (1975–1991) | Bernd Manuwald (1992–2008) | René Nünlist (since 2010)
Focus on Latin Studies : Günther Jachmann (1925–1952) | Hellfried Dahlmann (1953–1971) | Clemens Zintzen (1972–1994) | Wolfram Ax (1996-2010) | Jan Felix Gaertner (since 2013)
Classical Philology and Papyrology : Reinhold Merkelbach (1961–1983) | Wolfgang Dieter Lebek (1984-2003) | Jürgen Hammerstaedt (since 2004)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zintzen, Clemens |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |