Hermann Krings

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Hermann Krings (born September 25, 1913 in Aachen , † February 19, 2004 in Munich ) was a German philosopher .

Hermann Krings. Signature 1995

life and work

Krings was a renowned exponent of modern transcendental philosophy . The idea of freedom as the basis for human reason was the central motif of his scientific and public work. A political system that does not recognize freedom as a basic principle of human existence was a coercive system for him. He once said: "Freedom is not a political program, but a name with which people give themselves dignity."

After his habilitation , Krings was initially an adjunct professor in Munich. During this time he was u. a. Managing Director of the General Society for Philosophy (1957–1960). Born in Aachen, he worked as full professor and director of the Philosophical Institute at the University of Saarbrücken from 1960, and from 1968 in the same function at Munich University , where he retired in 1980 .

From 1970 to 1975 he was chairman of the German Education Council . In 1973 he was also awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the same year he succeeded Alois Dempf as chairman of the commission of Schelling's writings . Krings also served as General Secretary of the Görres Society (1979–1991). In 1992 he received the Ring of Honor of the Görres Society .

From 1970 to 1995 Krings was the editor of the Philosophical Yearbook .

In 1973 he was elected a full member of the Philosophical-Historical Class of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Since his studies in Munich he was a member of the Catholic student union Rheno-Bavaria .

Krings had been married to the stage and television actress Inge Birkmann since 1949 , who died only 10 months after him on December 19, 2004.

The actor, director and writer Joachim Meyerhoff is his step-grandson.

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He had been friends with Willi Graf since 1936. In the memorial lecture in 1983 he paid tribute to the resistance (the “denial”) of the White Rose against the Nazi demon and terror: “The White Rose is a sign. The death of friends is a sign. Signs are difficult to interpret. But on this side of all interpretation we have a sign of hope. It guarantees that when we are finished with our human actions, another action is possible - an action that is inviolable and immortal. "

Fonts (selection)

Handbook of Basic Philosophical Concepts (1973)
  • Ordo. Philosophical-historical foundation of an occidental idea . Diss. Phil. Munich, Max Niemeyer, Halle 1941
    • revised new edition: Meiner, Hamburg 1982
  • Man before God. The experience of existence in the Psalms , Werkbund, Würzburg o. J. (1952)
  • Questions and tasks of ontology , Niemeyer, Tübingen 1954
  • Meditation of Thought , Kösel, Munich 1956
  • What does valuable. On the principles and standards of film evaluation , Filmbewertungsstelle, Wiesbaden 1958
  • Transcendental Logic , Kösel, Munich 1964
  • Learning something new. Questions of educators and tasks of education politicians , Kösel, Munich 1972
  • Freedom as an opportunity. Church and theology under the demands of modern times . Hermann Krings answers Eberhard Simons , Patmos, Düsseldorf 1972
  • Handbook of Basic Philosophical Concepts . Edited with Hans Michael Baumgartner and Christoph Wild. 3 volumes (study edition: 6 volumes). Kösel, Munich 1973
    • on CD-ROM (PDF files): 2nd, fully revised edition 2003, ISBN 978-3-936532-22-7
    • in succession: New handbook of basic philosophical concepts . Edited by Petra Kolmer and Arnim G. Wildfeuer. Publishing house Karl Alber, Freiburg i. Br. / München 2011 ff. Volume 1 (A – F) ISBN 978-3-495-48222-3 195 authors treat basic concepts of philosophy in 215 treatises.
  • System and freedom. Collected essays . (Series: Practical Philosophy Vol. 12), Verlag Karl Alber, Freiburg i. Br. / Munich 1980, ISBN 3-495-47429-3
  • Nature and subjectivity. To deal with the natural philosophy of the young Schelling. Papers, votes and minutes of the II. International Schelling Conference in Zurich 1983 (as co-editor), Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1985, ISBN 3-7728-1004-7
  • FW Schelling: Timaeus (1794) . With a contribution by Hermann Krings ed. by Hartmut Buchner, Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1994, ISBN 3-7728-1507-3
  • Germany in Europe. Reunification and Integration (as co-editor), EOS, St. Ottilien 1996, ISBN 3-88096-363-0

literature

  • Hans Michael Baumgartner : Principle of freedom. A discussion about the opportunities and limits of transcendental philosophical thinking . On the 65th birthday of Hermann Krings, Alber (= practical philosophy 10), Freiburg / Munich 1979

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 43, March 9, 1973.
personal data
SURNAME Krings, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 2004
Place of death Munich