Franz Josef Brecht

Franz Josef Brecht (born March 16, 1899 in Ühlingen ; † September 23, 1982 in Mannheim ) was a German professor of philosophy . He was instrumental in the standard work History of Philosophy . His specialty was existential philosophy.

Life

Brecht received his doctorate in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1922 with a thesis on the substance and form of the Greek mocking epigram (published only in 1930). From 1932 he was a private lecturer at the University of Heidelberg , from 1941 an extraordinary professor. From 1950 until his retirement in 1967 he was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mannheim . In 1952 he was appointed honorary professor by the University of Heidelberg.

Around 1919 Brecht attended lectures given by the young Martin Heidegger and published numerous of his own philosophical writings as early as the 1920s, e.g. B. “ Plato and the George Circle ” (1929). The public inaugural lecture for his habilitation, held on July 16, 1932 at the University of Heidelberg, had the topic "Man and Philosophy". Numerous publications followed, e.g. B. “Heraclitus, an experiment on the origin of philosophy” (1936), “Introduction to the philosophy of existence” (1948), “Man's fate and mission; philosophical interpretations of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duineser Elegien ”(1949),“ The economy, money and thinking ”(1961).

Honors

Bearer of the Ring of Honor of the City of Mannheim

literature

For the awarding of the Ring of Honor of the City of Mannheim to Professor Dr. Franz-Josef Brecht . In: Mannheimer Hefte . No. 2 , 1969, p. 19 .
Franz Josef Brecht 80 years old . In: Mannheimer Hefte . No. 2 , 1979, p. 107 .
Rainer Specht : Franz Josef Brecht in memory . In: Mannheimer Hefte . No. 1 , 1983, p. 16-17 .

Individual evidence

↑ Ernst von Aster, Franz Josef Brecht: History of Philosophy . 15th edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1968 (with time table and bibliography by Franz Josef Brecht and Gerd Schröder).

Web links

Literature by and about Franz Josef Brecht in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Brecht, Franz Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philosopher, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 16, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ühlingen , Baden, German Empire
DATE OF DEATH	23rd September 1982
Place of death	Mannheim , Baden-Württemberg, Federal Republic of Germany

[1] Ernst von Aster, Franz Josef Brecht: History of Philosophy . 15th edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1968 (with time table and bibliography by Franz Josef Brecht and Gerd Schröder).