Gallus Maria Manser

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Gallus Maria Manser OP (born June 25, 1866 in Brülisau in the Rüte district as Joseph Anton Manser , † February 20, 1950 in Freiburg ) was a Swiss philosopher and Catholic theologian .

Live and act

Gallus Maria Manser, born in 1866 as the son of District Judge Josef Manser, obtained the academic degree Dr. theol . In 1897 Manser entered the Dominican order . From 1899 to 1942 Manser taught as a professor of logic , ontology and history of medieval philosophy at the University of Freiburg , where he was also appointed rector between 1914 and 1918 . Gallus Maria Manser died in Freiburg in 1950 at the age of 83.

Manser's main philosophical and theological work represents the thesis that the Aristotelian doctrine of act and potency , as reinterpreted and modified by Thomas Aquinas , constitutes the "essence of Thomism ". Manser is a proponent of the philosophy-historical thesis that scholastic thinking entered a crisis in the 14th century . In the Thomistic tradition, Manser represents an enduring importance of natural law .

Work (selection)

  • The essence of Thomism. 1932, 3rd edition 1949.
  • The mental crisis of the 14th century: Speech given on November 16, 1914 , Freiburg (Switzerland) 1914. Limited preview in Google Book Search - USA

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SURNAME Manser, Gallus Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manser, Joseph Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss philosopher and Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Brülisau in the Rüte district
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1950
Place of death Freiburg