Friedrich Rohmer

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Friedrich Rohmer (born February 21, 1814 in Weißenburg in Bavaria ; † November 11, 1856 in Munich ) was a German - Swiss philosopher and politician .

Life

Rohmer grew up as the son of a pastor with several siblings. He enrolled at the University of Munich in 1832 to study philosophy and developed into a conservative philosopher and politician.

Friedrich Rohmer moved to Zurich and from 1841 was the spokesman for the Catholic Conservative Party and published mainly in its party organ Observer from Eastern Switzerland . Gottfried Keller reviled the "son of a bitch (raw) politics". After liberal press attacks against his activities, he had to leave Switzerland again in 1843.

In 1848 he made the concern of the fourth estate his own by proposing a corporate state with a power balance of the estates. He later turned against reaction and ultramontanism .

Some contemporaries were attracted by Rohmer's peculiar genius. During his lifetime, only smaller pamphlets and pamphlets appeared , some anonymously or under the name of his brother Theodor (1816–1856), including the first of two planned volumes on political parties. After his death, several books from Rohmer's notes and from listener recordings were published, some by his Zurich friend Johann Caspar Bluntschli .

Works

  • Friedrich Rohmer's Doctrine of Political Parties. First part: the four parties . By Theodor Rohmer. Beyel, Zurich 1844
  • Critique of the concept of God in contemporary world views . By Theodor Rohmer. Beck, Nördlingen 1856
  • God and his creation (ed. By JC Bluntschli). 1857
  • The natural way of man to God (ed. By JC Bluntschli). 1858
  • Friedrich Rohmer's Science and Life . 4 volumes:
    • Volume 1: Science of God . Edited v. JC Bluntschli. Beck, Nördlingen 1871
    • Volumes 2 and 3: Science of Man . Edited v. Rudolf Seyerlen . Beck, Nördlingen 1885
    • Volume 4: Doctrine of the political parties and selected small political writings . With foreword and introduction by H. Schulthess. Beck, Nördlingen 1885

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personal data
SURNAME Rohmer, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rohmer, Fridericus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss philosopher and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißenburg in Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1856
Place of death Munich