Georg Mehlis

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Georg Mehlis (born March 8, 1878 in Hanover , † November 13, 1942 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German philosopher of the Neo-Kantian direction, university professor and author.

Life

He was the son of the lawyer Georg Mehlis and his wife Marie Heins. After visiting Lyceum I in his native Hanover, he first became a professional soldier. In 1896 he began his military career as an ensign with the 10th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 134. The following year he became a lieutenant. In 1902 he took his leave. Mehlis then studied German literature, philosophy and history for two semesters at the University of Marburg . In 1903 he moved to the University of Heidelberg , where he mainly concentrated on studying philosophy. In 1906 he was in Heidelberg Wilhelm Windelband with a dissertation on " Schelling's philosophy of history in the years 1799 to 1804" to Dr. phil. PhD. In 1909 he completed his habilitation at the University of Freiburg with a paper on "The Philosophy of History Auguste Comtes " and worked there from 1910 as a private lecturer .

Mehlis was a student and follower of the philosopher Heinrich Rickert . Together with Richard Kroner , Nikolai von Bubnoff, Sergius Hessen and Fedor Stepun , who had also studied at Windelband and Rickert or did their doctorate, he founded “Logos. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture ”. It was published in Germany from 1910 to 1933 by Mohr Siebeck Verlag , as well as in Russia and Italy. Mehlis was initially the sole publisher of the German edition, from the third volume he published it together with Kroner until 1924. This cultural-philosophical journal soon became well-known, among other things through the participation of important humanities scholars from various fields with a connection to Neo-Kantianism .

During the First World War , Mehlis fought at the front and was stationed at the Deputy General Command in Koblenz. After being wounded at the end of 1914, he was only deployed close to home. In 1915 he published a "Textbook of the Philosophy of History" and was then appointed adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Freiburg. At that time he was very critical of the war, which he described as the "enemy of culture". He wrote other philosophical writings, including a study on Plotinus .

In 1924 Mehlis fled Germany because he was being investigated for an offense under Section 175 . He then lived in Chiavari . In the following years he published several books on Italian fascism and wrote related articles for the German national magazine Der Tag . He saw Benito Mussolini as a “great leader personality”, but that the “form of the fascist state was appropriate for the German people”, he doubted.

Works (selection)

  • Schelling's philosophy of history in the years 1799–1804. Buchdruckerei K. Rössler, Heidelberg 1906 ( online ).
  • Auguste Comte's philosophy of history. Fritz Eckardt Verlag, Leipzig 1909.
  • Textbook of the philosophy of history. Published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1915 ( online ).
  • Introduction to a system of the philosophy of religion. Published by JCB Mohr, Tübingen 1917.
  • Problems of ethics. Published by JCB Mohr, Tübingen 1918.
  • About forms of modern poetry and epic (Axel Lübbe). A study of the philosophy of art. Erich Matthes, Leipzig and Hartenstein in the Ore Mountains 1922.
  • German romanticism. Rösl & Cie., Munich 1922.
  • Plotinus. Frommann, Stuttgart 1924 ( online ).
  • Mysticism in the fullness of its manifestations in all times and cultures. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1926.
  • The idea of ​​Mussolini and the meaning of fascism. E. Haberland, Leipzig 1928.
  • The state of Mussolini. E. Haberland, Leipzig 1929.
  • Italian philosophy of the present. Junker & Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1932.
  • Freedom and fascism. Lindner, Leipzig 1934.
  • Leader and national community. Junker & Dünnhaupt, Berlin 1941.

Web links

Wikisource: Georg Mehlis  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mehlis, Georg Ed. Rob., Dr. phil. In: Herrmann AL Degener (Ed.): Who is it? 10th edition, Berlin 1935.
  2. ^ Mehlis, Georg In: Rudolf Eisler : Philosophen-Lexikon. Mittler, Berlin 1912.
  3. ↑ Peter Hoeres : War of the Philosophers: German and British Philosophy in the First World War. Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-506-71731-6 , p. 468.
  4. ^ Wolfgang Schieder : Myth Mussolini: Germans in audience with the Duce. Walter de Gruyter, 2013, ISBN 978-3-486-71906-2 , pp. 108-109.
personal data
SURNAME Mehlis, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1942
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau