Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert of Castle Island (born March 3, 1583 in Eyton on Severn , Shropshire , † August 20, 1648 ) was an Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher .
Nobility title
In 1601 he was Knight of the Shire for Montgomeryshire and from 1604 to 1611 for Merionethshire a member of the House of Commons . On the occasion of the coronation of Jacob I in 1603 he was made Knight of the Bath .
Between 1619 and 1624 he was a diplomat at the French court in Paris . In recognition of his services as a diplomat, he was raised to the hereditary nobility. In 1624 he received the English title Baron Herbert of Cherbury in the County of Shrewsbury , in 1629 the Irish title Baron Herbert of Castle Island in the County of Kerry . At his death in 1648 his son Richard inherited his titles.
philosophy
According to Herbert, religion is entirely a matter of reason ( deism ). This aims to be primarily in the service of morality. According to his argumentation, the human being can only focus on being human as an individual if morality is the focus of life. With this idea he is a classic representative of natural religion . He is considered the founder of the 5 basic principles of natural religion, which he called veritates catholicae .
The 5 basic principles of natural religion
- The acceptance of a higher being
- The duty of worship
- A moral way of life
- Sins and offenses must be repented and atone for
- Rewarding and punishing good and bad after death
These five basic principles are equally accessible to all people through their reason and can be grasped by natural instinct.
Works
- Major works , London 1738–40. Reprint in 3 volumes, ed. and introduced by Günter Gawlick . Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1966–71, ISBN 978-3-7728-0199-0 .
- De Veritate translated into English by Meyrick H. Carré (1937); Facsimile edition of by Thoemmes Continuum (1999) ISBN 1-85506-126-0
- John Churton Collins (Ed.): The Poems of Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Chatto and Windus, London 1881 (digitized in the Internet Archive ).
- Sidney Lee (Ed.): The Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Nimmo, London 1886 (digitized in the Internet Archive).
literature
- Charles de Rémusat : Lord Herbert de Cherbury . Didier, Paris 1874.
- Carl Güttler: Eduard Lord Herbert of Cherbury. A critical contribution to the history of psychologism and the philosophy of religion. CH Beck, Munich 1897.
- Leslie Stephen : National Review. Volume xxxv, No. 661 (London 1900).
- Edward Herbert, baron Herbert of Chirbury (1583-1648). In: John Aubrey : Brief Lives , chiefly of Contemporaries, set down by John Aubrey, between the Years 1669 & 1696. Ed. By Andrew Clark. Vol. 2. Clarendon, Oxford 1898, pp. 307-309.
- David A. Pailin: Herbert, Edward, first Baron Herbert of Cherbury and first Baron Herbert of Castle Island (1582? –1648). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004), online version January 2009.
Web links
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Baron Herbert of Castle Island 1624-1648 |
Richard Herbert |
| New title created |
Baron Herbert of Cherbury 1629-1648 |
Richard Herbert |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herbert, Edward, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cherbury, Baron Herbert of; Herbert, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1583 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eyton on Severn , Shropshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1648 |