Karl Albert (philosopher)

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Karl Albert (born October 2, 1921 in Neheim ; † October 9, 2008 ) was a German philosopher and university professor of philosophy .

Life

Karl Albert was a son of the businessman Josef Albert and his wife Maria. As a soldier since 1941 he began to deal with Meister Eckhardt and mysticism . He studied philosophy and classical philology at the Universities of Cologne , especially under Heinz Heimsoeth , and Bonn . In 1950 he received his doctorate under Erich Rothacker in Bonn . After working as an academic assistant to Josef Koch at the Thomas Institute from 1952 to 1955, he initially taught in school and in 1968 became head of the Cologne study seminar . In 1972 he became a lecturer at the Ruhr University in Bochum .

Grave in Melaten cemetery

From 1973 to 1980 Karl Albert was full professor of philosophy at the Pedagogical University of Rhineland, Neuss department . After transferring his chair, he was at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal from 1980 until his retirement in 1987 .

The focus for him is ontological experience, also the “experience of being”, which he took up from Louis Lavelle and Heidegger . He further pursued other types of philosophical mysticism, also with the involvement of Far Eastern thinkers, e.g. B. Lao-Tse .

Albert's grave is located in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hall 69).

Fonts

  1. Philosophy of art. 1988, ISBN 3-88345-451-6 .
  2. Philosophy of philosophy. 1989, ISBN 3-88345-450-8 .
  1. Plato and the philosophy of antiquity. 1998, ISBN 3-89754-133-5 .
  2. Meister Eckhart and the philosophy of the Middle Ages. 1999, ISBN 3-89754-145-9 .
  3. Descartes and the philosophy of modernity. 2000, ISBN 3-89754-173-4 .
  • with Elenor Jain : Philosophy as a form of life. For the ontological renewal of the philosophy of life. Alber, Freiburg i. Br. 2000, ISBN 3-495-47775-6 .
  • Philosophy as religion. Gardez !, Sankt Augustin 2002, ISBN 3-89796-093-1 .
  • with Elenor Jain: The Utopia of Morals. Attempt of a cross-cultural ontological ethics. Alber, Freiburg i. Br. 2003, ISBN 3-495-48089-7 .
  • with Elenor Jain: time issues. Five philosophical-political considerations. Monsenstein and Vannerdat, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-86582-188-X .
  • Theogony of Hesiod . 7. revised Edition. Richarz, St. Augustin 2005, ISBN 3-89665-354-7 (texts on philosophy).
  • with Elenor Jain: Leitkultur, Democracy and Patriotism. Five current philosophical-political essays on intercultural problems. Projektverlag, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-89733-152-7 .
  • Platonism. Way and essence of occidental philosophizing. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-21955-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FAZ, October 11, 2008, issue 238, page 37
personal data
SURNAME Albert, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Neheim
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 2008