Karl-Heinz Gerschmann

Karl-Heinz Gerschmann (born November 20, 1924 , † April 27, 2010 in Münster ) was a German classical philologist and historian of philosophy .

After studying classical philology and philosophy , Gerschmann worked as an editor at the Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main, among others . During this time he published two small papyrological works, one at the suggestion of Hans Georg Gundel on a papyrus from the Giessen papyrus collection. He was also involved in the only German complete translation of the Jewish philosopher Philon of Alexandria , last edited by Willy Theiler . When Hans Blumenberg was appointed to Bochum in 1965 and then to Münster in 1970 , he followed suit. In Münster he was appointed academic councilor , later senior councilor at the Philosophical Seminar. On this occasion, Gerschmann underwent a doctoral procedure, which he completed in 1974 with a dissertation prepared by Horst-Dieter Blume on the ancient novel of the Chariton by Aphrodisias . Gerschmann worked on Blumenberg in particular on ancient literature and philosophy and published his own writings on the history of philosophy in the Renaissance and early modern times , including the letters of the dark men , Thomas More , Francesco Patrizi da Cherso , Johannes Pfefferkorn , Niccolò Machiavelli and Johannes Hofer .

Fonts (selection)

A private letter from the Apollonios archive (P.Giss. Inv. No. 237). In: Aegyptus. Vol. 42, 1962, pp. 237-239, online .
Philo, Against Flaccus . In: Philo of Alexandria. Works in German translation. Volume 7. De Gruyter, Berlin 1964, pp. 122-165, online ; further online version .
Antiqui – Novi – Moderni in the Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum. In: Archive for the history of concepts. Vol. 11, 1967, pp. 23-36, online .
Non-Platonic sources on Thomas More's utopia. In: The State. Journal for state theory and constitutional history, German and European public law. Vol. 7, 1968, pp. 471-486.
On Johannes Pfefferkorn's 'translation' of the Gospels. In: Journal of Religious and Intellectual History. Vol. 21, 1969, pp. 166-171.
About Machiavelli's modernity. In: Archive for the history of concepts. Vol. 17, 1973, pp. 149-176.
Chariton interpretations. Dissertation Münster 1974.
Johannes Hofer's dissertation De nostalgia from 1688. In: Archive for conceptual history. Vol. 19, 1975, pp. 83-88.
Frane Petrić, la citta felice - jedna utopija između Thomasa Morusa i Campanelle. In: Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine. Vol. 5, 1979, pp. 43-56 (in Croatian, translation: Lino Veljak, with a summary in Italian; online ).
When dark men write letters. In: Neophilologus. Vol. 81, 1997, pp. 89-103.

personal data
SURNAME	Gerschmann, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German classical philologist and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH	November 20, 1924
DATE OF DEATH	April 27, 2010
Place of death	Muenster