Ernst Marcus

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Ernst Moses Marcus (born September 3, 1856 in Kamen , Westphalia ; † October 30, 1928 in Essen , Ruhr ) was a German lawyer and philosopher .

Life

Ernst Marcus was the eldest son of Robert Marcus and Berta Marx. He attended the Archigymnasium in Soest and then studied law at the universities in Bonn (one year) and Berlin. In 1885 he was appointed court assessor. From 1885–90 he worked as an assessor and judge in Kamen, Unna, Hörde, Hagen and Gelsenkirchen. In 1890 he became a magistrate in Essen. From 1889 he dealt with philosophical questions. In 1893 he married Berta Auerbach (born August 15, 1869 in Vreden , † October 28, 1918). The couple had three children; Debora, called Dore , Eva and Robert.

From 1899 he was in contact with the writer and philosopher Salomo Friedlaender , who was born in 1871 and who spent a few weeks each year in the house of the Essen rabbi Salomon Samuel , his brother-in-law. The Essen philosopher was apostrophized and revered by Friedlaender as the "croup of logic", and even "used" as a character in his prose pieces published under "Mynona", namely as "Sucram". In 1916, Ernst Marcus was awarded the title of "Privy Councilor of Justice". The person working as a land registry judge, however, refused a more extensive professional "promotion" in order to keep the necessary freedom for his philosophical writings.

Ernst Marcus (1856-1928); Etching by Hermann Kätelhön (1884–1940).

Marcus' books were marred under the Nazi tyranny. New edition of "Selected Writings" by Gottfried Martin and Gerd Hergen Lübben .

Works

  • Selected Writings. 2 volumes; edited by Gottfried Martin and Gerd Hergen Lübben . - Volume I (Bonn 1969; ISBN 3-416-00642-9 . In it: “Kant's World Building”; “From the Depths of Knowledge”) and Vol. II (Bonn 1981; ISBN 3-416-01385-9 . In it: "Logic"; "The categorical imperative"; "Kant's theory of time and space"; "Afterword of the editor" [special print: Bonn 1981]).
  • The exact uncovering of the foundation of morality and religion and the construction of the world from the elements of Kant. An elevation of the criticism of pure and practical reason to the rank of natural science. Leipzig 1899
  • The problem of knowledge or how to philosophize with the »eraser«. A philosophical trilogy with a prelude. Herford 1905.
  • Logic. The elementary doctrine of general and the fundamentals of transcendental logic. An introduction to Kant's theory of categories (Herford 1906; 2nd edition 1911)
  • The law of reason and the ethical currents of the present. Herford 1907.
  • Kant's world building. A common understanding in lectures. Munich 1917.
  • The problem of eccentric sensation and its solution. Berlin 1918.
  • Epistemological idealism or transcendental realism? In: "Kantstudien", Volume 24 (1919/20).
  • The categorical imperative. A Common Introduction to Kant's Moral Doctrine (Munich 1921)
  • To the theory of relativity. In: "Frankfurter Zeitung and Handelsblatt" of April 13, 1922.
  • Theory of a natural magic. Founded on Kant's Weltlehre Munich 1924. (Italian translation: Bari 1938 by Giuseppe Rensi )
  • From the depths of knowledge. Kant's doctrine of apperception (self-confidence), the categorical connection and the principles of understanding in a new, understandable presentation. A commentary on transcendental logic (Critique of Pure Reason, Part II). Munich 1925.
  • Critique of the structure (syllogism) of the special theory of relativity and critique of the prevailing hypothesis of the propagation of light. Berlin 1926.
  • Kant's theory of time and space (transcendental aesthetics) applied to mathematics and natural science. Munich 1927.
  • Revolutionary Forces in Philosophy in: March. Bi-monthly publication for German culture 1, February 1907, pp. 282–286
    • From the estate: The riddle of morality and its solution: with special consideration of the sexual problem (so-called revolution of youth) Munich: Reinhardt 1931/1932 (edited by S. Friedlaender)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Marcus, Selected Writings ; ed. v. Gottfried Martin u. Gerd Hergen Lübben with e. Nachw .; Volume II; 1981; ISBN 3-416-01385-9 .
  2. ↑ Wolfram Steinbeck, Ernst Marcus: Selected writings II. Edited by Gottfried Martin (†) and Gerd Hergen Lübben, Bouvier Verlag Herbert Grundmann, Bonn 1981, 600 pages. In: Kant studies. Philosophical journal of the Kant Society, 76th year, issue 1, 1985, pages 116–118.
  3. ↑ Thomas Rother , Kant philosopher to keep from being forgotten. Hanna Marcus (Israel) met the publisher Lübben in Essen ; in: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , June 18, 1983.
  4. ↑ Wolf Schneider , Essen. Adventure of a City , Düsseldorf / Vienna / New York 1991, pages 326 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Marcus, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marcus, Ernst Moses (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Kamen , Westphalia
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1928
Place of death Essen , Ruhr