Engelbert Lorenz Fischer

Engelbert Lorenz Fischer (around 1900)

Engelbert Lorenz Fischer (born October 12, 1845 in Aschaffenburg , † January 17, 1923 in Würzburg ) was a German Catholic theologian, philosopher and author.

Life

Engelbert Lorenz Fischer was born in Aschaffenburg. Fischer studied theology at the University of Würzburg . In 1875 he completed his studies with a doctorate in philosophy. After that he was pastor in Oberdürrbach and from 1893 city pastor at St. Gertraud in Würzburg. Fischer wrote a variety of philosophical and theological works.

Works (selection)

• The basic problem of metaphysics , 1894
• The triumph of Christian philosophy over the anti-Christian worldview at the end of the XIX. Century, A Festgabe zur Säcularwende, Kirchheim Verlag, 1900
• Friedrich Nietzsche. The "Antichrist" in the newest philosophy , GJ Manz, 1901
• Super philosophy. An attempt to convey the previous main contradictions of philosophy in a higher unity , Gebrüder Paetel Verlag , 1907
• The great spirit is the highest human ideal: Basic lines for a philosophy of total genius, Gebrüder Paetel Verlag, 1908
• The popular and scientific Christian worldview , Gebrüder Paetel Verlag, 1913
• Harmony as the basic law of being and life , Schöningh, 1920
• The beautiful soul , Gebrüder Paetel Verlag, 1922

Web links

• Works by and about Engelbert Lorenz Fischer  in the German Digital Library
• Peter Köster: The forbidden philosopher, portrait of the author Engelbert Lorenz Fischer, p. 271
• Munich Digital Collection: Engelbert Lorenz Fischer
• The Online Books Page: Engelbert Lorenz Fischer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zeno.org: Eisler - Philosophen-Lexikon, Engelbert Lorenz Fischer
2. ^ German digital library: Engelbert Lorenz Fischer
3. ↑ Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia, ed. Hans-Michael Körner, Engelbert Lorenz Fischer, p. 424, KG Sauer, Munich, 2005