Konrad Gaiser

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Konrad Gaiser (born November 26, 1929 in Gerstetten ; † May 3, 1988 in Tübingen ) was one of the most important Plato interpreters and professor of classical philology in Tübingen.

Life

Gaiser spent his school days at the seminars in Maulbronn and Blaubeuren . After graduating from high school, he studied Greek, Latin, history and philosophy in Tübingen, Basel, Munich and Rome. In 1955 he received his doctorate with the dissertation Protreptik und Paränese under Plato . He completed his habilitation in 1960 on Plato's unwritten teaching . As a student of Wolfgang Schadewaldt , Gaiser succeeded him as professor of classical philology at the University of Tübingen . In 1970 he took over the Platon archive founded by Georg Picht and brought it from Hinterzarten to Tübingen. From 1974 until his death, Gaiser was also the first chairman of the Heidelberg Commission for the Goethe Dictionary and was thus responsible for the scientific management on behalf of the commission. The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences , he belonged since 1974 as a full member. Since 1984 he has been a corresponding member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society . Konrad Gaiser died unnoticed in a Tübingen clinic at the age of 59 as a result of his second heart attack. He found his final resting place in the Tübingen mountain cemetery .

Research and Teaching

One of the main research areas that Gaiser dealt intensively with was Plato's unwritten teaching . The philosopher himself had called his published dialogues a game. His pupil Aristotle had expressly stated that there was an unwritten teaching alongside the published writings of Plato. In the second half of the 20th century, this question was the central topic of research on the older history of philosophy. Konrad Gaiser made a major effort to reconstruct this unwritten teaching:

"Konrad Gaiser convincingly demonstrated in his 1984 Neapler lectures" Platone come scrittore filosofico "that the esoteric position he defended can integrate the esotericism inherent in the text without contradictions: Plato, says Gaiser, was able to exclude certain doctrines from writing altogether as well as certain others Provide insights only to those who understand using the indirect type of communication between the lines. The two decisions of the author do not conflict with each other anywhere, rather complement each other sensibly. And this shows the superiority of Gaiser's hermeneutical point of view: he represents the more comprehensive and unprejudiced dialogue theory, which is neither blind to the advantages of indirect communication pointed out by Schleiermacher , nor is it condemned to throw the extensive historical tradition on oral Plato overboard. . "

- Thomas A. Szlezák

Fonts

  • Konrad Gaiser: Plato's unwritten teaching. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1963, 3rd edition 1998, ISBN 3-608-91911-2 .
  • Konrad Gaiser: Collected writings. Edited by Thomas A. Szlezák . Academia-Verlag, Sankt Augustin 2004, ISBN 3-89665-188-9 .
  • Konrad Gaiser: Antiquity and every new good. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1970.
  • State Institute for Education and Teaching, Stuttgart (Hrsg.): Goethe. Pictures from his life. Texts from the life of Konrad Gaiser. 12th edition. Schreiber, Stuttgart 1969.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the HAdW since it was founded in 1909. Konrad Gaiser. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, accessed July 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Hellmut Flashar : Spectra. Small writings on drama, philosophy and the reception of antiquity . Gunter Narr Verlag, Tübingen, 2004, p. 333.
  3. ↑ Thomas A. Szlezák: Friedrich Schleiermacher and the Plato image of the 19th and 20th centuries ( Memento of May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , in: Plato. The Internet Journal of the International Plato Society 2, 2002, VIII., Para. 37.


personal data
SURNAME Gaiser, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Gerstetten
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1988
Place of death Tübingen