Jakob Sengler

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Jakob Sengler (born September 11, 1799 in Heusenstamm ; † November 5, 1878 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a philosopher and Catholic theologian .

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Jakob S. Sengler was born in Heusenstamm and spent the first four years of his life in his hometown until the death of his father. He then moved with his mother to Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen , where she remarried.

Sengler attended primary school in Frankfurt until he was 12 years old. He then learned the shoemaker's trade and emigrated to Strasbourg as a journeyman , but soon returned to Frankfurt. The local parish priest, Orth, recognized Sengler's talents, encouraged him to the best of his ability and gave the 18-year-old from a humble background access to the grammar school. After another three years, Sengler received his school-leaving certificate and, from the fall of 1824, successfully studied theology for three years at the University of Tübingen . From autumn 1827 he lived in Frankfurt again, gave religious instruction, published the “Plan for a new catechism for schools and grammar schools” in 1828 and completed the theological exam in Wiesbaden in the same year .

At the end of the same year Sengler traveled to Munich to attend lectures by Professors Ast , von Baader , Görres , Schelling , Thiersch and others. a. to visit. In Munich he founded a theological association and gathered like-minded people around him. From July 1830 to the end of 1833 he headed the editorial team of the newly founded "Church Newspaper for Catholic Germany" and published the first theological writings. In the spring of 1831 Sengler was appointed professor at the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Marburg .

In the same year Sengler turned down the offer of the Limburg bishop Jakob Brand to become a seminar leader because he did not want to become a clergyman. In March 1832 the Philosophical Faculty in Marburg awarded him a doctorate. On December 30th of the same year Sengler was appointed professor of philosophy.

Jakob Sengler married the daughter of the secret finance councilor Johannes von Menz in 1833, with whom he had two children.

From 1836 Sengler was involved in the conception and founding of the "Journal for Philosophy and Speculative Theology" and made many editorial contributions. At the end of 1842 he became a professor in Freiburg im Breisgau , where he gave lectures on philosophy until he was retired on November 1, 1878 at his own request. He died just 5 days later at the age of 78.

Works (selection)

as an author
  • Epistemology . Mohr, Heidelberg 1858 (vol. 1, no more published).
  • Commemorative speech for Anselm Feuerbach . Poppen Verlag, Freiburg / B. 1853.
  • The Idea of ​​God Mohr, Heidelberg 1945/52.
  1. Historical-critical part . 1845.
  2. Speculative theology . 1847.
  3. The speculative cosmology . 1852.
  • Nature, man and god . (unfinished).
  • New explanation of “ Goethe's Faust ” . 1878.
  • Talk about the current crisis in world history and how it has become . Herder, Karlsruhe 1843.
  • On the nature and significance of speculative philosophy and theology in the present time, with special reference to the philosophy of religion . Verlag Kupferberg, Mainz, 1834/37.
  1. General introduction to speculative philosophy and theology . 1834.
  2. Special introduction to speculative philosophy and theology . 1837.
as editor

literature

  • Franz Eichinger: Jakob Sengler's philosophy as a philosophical theology. A contribution to the conversation between theology and late idealistic thinking . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1976, ISBN 3-525-87471-5 (also dissertation, University of Vienna 1976).
  • Johann Adam Fassbender: Epistemology and Metaphysics of Jakob Senglers . Kendler, Bonn 1937 (also dissertation, University of Bonn 1937).
  • Paul Stengel: The doctrine of God of the philosopher Jakob Senglers . Preßverein, Hechingen 1924 (also dissertation, University of Freiburg / B. 1925).

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personal data
SURNAME Sengler, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sengler, Jakob S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Heusenstamm
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 1878
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau