Karl Christoph Renz

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Karl Christoph Renz (born May 27, 1770 in Owen , † September 26, 1829 in Weilheim an der Teck ) was a Württemberg country pastor, fellow student of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Hölderlin .

Life

At the age of seventeen Karl (also: Carl) Christoph Renz became a student at the Tübingen monastery . Hölderlin , like he was a monastery student in Maulbronn , and Hegel , who came to Tübingen from the high school in Stuttgart , belonged to his class ("PhD") . Karl Christoph Renz was the first in the ranking of the doctorate that was repeatedly determined by strict examinations.

The prize for the privilege of a state scholarship for scientific and theological training for a career in the Protestant clergy of Württemberg was the poor provision in the monastery, but in particular the demanded subordination to “focus solely on theology, on 'no other profession', (... ) to judge, to be used as a servant of the Duke and to always be 'most submissive and obedient' during studies. ”The “ Stiftler ”around Renz, Hölderlin, Hegel and Schelling , inspired by the French Revolution and the thinkers Rousseau and Kant , felt this The pen as a “galley” In this milieu the passive and active resistance of the students grew. "The donors (lived) on a galley on which intellectual resistance was practically bred, which laid the foundations for a new philosophy."

Karl Christoph Renz refused to take part in a celebration in 1793 at which he was supposed to be presented with a prize from Duke Karl Eugen as Primus . He justified the refusal with Kant's ethics, according to which he had only done his duty and had not tried to gain an outward advantage. The statements about the consequences of this refusal by Karl Christoph Renz differ. While Rüdiger Safranski writes that Renz was not punished, Klaus Vieweg and Peter Härtling assume that Renz was not only punished, but that this punishment was also responsible for his later career.

Namely, the first of the doctorate of Hölderlin and Hegel became deacon in Lauffen am Neckar (1803-1819) and finally pastor in Weilheim (1819-1829): "Renz preferred the usual invisibility", much to the regret of Hegel and Schelling.

But before Renz completely broke off contact with his fellow students, he probably sent a letter to Hegel in 1797 , which led to the discussions between Hegel , Hölderlin and Sinclair , which resulted in the oldest systematic program of German idealism . At least this is what Klaus Vieweg suspects .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Württembergische Kirchengeschichte Online> Personen> Renz, Karl Christoph
  2. ↑ Klaus Vieweg : Hegel: The philosopher of freedom , CH Beck, 2020; Chapter I.6
  3. ↑ a b c Klaus Vieweg : Hegel: The philosopher of freedom , CH Beck, 2020; Chapter II.1
  4. ↑ a b c Rüdiger Safranski : Hölderlin: Come! ins Offene, Freund !, biography , Carl Hanser Verlag, 2019; Fifth chapter
  5. ^ Peter Härtling : Hölderlin: Ein Roman , dtv, 1993; Chapter VII
  6. ↑ Klaus Vieweg : Hegel: The philosopher of freedom , CH Beck, 2020; Chapter IV.4
personal data
SURNAME Renz, Karl Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wuerttemberg country pastor, fellow students of Hegel and Hölderlin
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Owen
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1829
Place of death Weilheim an der Teck