Leo Gabriel (philosopher)

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Leo Gabriel (born September 11, 1902 in Vienna ; † February 15, 1987 ibid) was an Austrian philosopher, known for his integrative-holistic thinking and his promotion of dialogue between Christians and Marxists.

life and work

Leo Gabriel was born in Vienna in 1902. He graduated from high school in Graz and studied in Innsbruck with Alois Gatterer , then in Vienna with Heinrich Gomperz . Here his thinking was particularly stimulated by the encounter with Moritz Schlick . In April 1929 Gabriel joined the KÖHV Nordgau Wien . From 1932 to 1948 he worked as a grammar school teacher for philosophy and history, during the time of the corporate state also in the Volksheim Ottakring , although his role in this institution is viewed very critically today. In 1947 he completed his habilitation in philosophy with Alois Dempf and became a lecturer at the University of Vienna, where he became associate professor in 1950 and full professor in 1951. Contrary to a different claim by Renate Lotz-Rimbach, he was not the rector of this university: the author mistook him for the theologian Johannes Gabriel. In 1965 his main work, the "Integral Logic" appeared.

In 1968 Leo Gabriel was President of the XIV International Congress of Philosophy, which was held in Vienna. In 1972 he retired, in 1973 he was President of the XV. International Congress of Philosophy in Varna . These two philosophical conferences were important places for the international dialogue between West and East, which was then continued by the University Center for Peace Research under Rudolf Weiler . According to the judgment of some reform communists of the time of change, the holistic-logical thinking of Leo Gabriel played an important role for the emergence of glasnost and perestroika as well as for the change in the eastern states. In 1987 Leo Gabriel died in Vienna at the age of 85.

Proximity to fascism

Leo Gabriel is sometimes very critical of the proximity to arch-conservative Catholicism on the one hand and to fascism - especially to Austrofascism - on the other. This happens consistently due to his publications and his work, especially in the corporate state of Austria between 1933 and 1938, in the vicinity of Oswald Menghin . He enrolled at the University of Vienna with information on his mother tongue “German” and ethnicity “ Aryan ”.

Leo Gabriel jun.

His son, Leo Gabriel jun. , is regarded as a connoisseur of Latin America, leftist, journalist, co-initiator of the Austrian Social Forum, who as a supporter of the Palestinians is often controversial and critical of the Middle East , Palestine and Israel.

Works

  • Nikolaus, von Kues, Cardinal: Philosophical-theological writings (Ed .: Leo Gabriel, Latin and German) WBG, special edition, Darmstadt 2014.
  • Existential philosophy. Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Jaspers, Sartre. Dialogue of positions. Herold, Vienna [a. a.] 1968.
  • Philosophy in Austria. As a contribution to the XIV. International Congress of Philosophy in Vienna, September 2-9, 1968, [Ed.], Österr. Federal publ. for teaching, science and art, Vienna 1968.
  • Integral logic: the truth of the whole. Herder, Vienna 1965
  • From the sense of it all. Austrian Bundesverlag, Vienna 1962.
  • Man and the world in the decision. Herder, Vienna 1961. (Spanish: Hombre y mundo en la encrucijada , Madrid 1963.)
  • Existential philosophy. From Kierkegaard to Sartre. Herold, Vienna 1951.
  • Logic of worldview. Pustet, Graz 1949.
  • From Brahma to Existence , Vienna 1949
  • Plotin's concept of God , Vienna 1928.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The honorary members, old men and students of the CV, the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations. 1931, p. 662.
  2. ↑ "Leo Gabriel Sr. was a clerical fascist, that is, he was a long way to the right (...)", Sources: [1] , February 16, 2009, and [2] , web access February 21, 2009
  3. ↑ Renate Lotz-Rimbach: On Leo Gabriel's biography. Revision and addition of the self-portrayal of a philosopher and rector of the University of Vienna , in: Zeitgeschichte No. 6/2004, p. 387
  4. ^ List of the rectors of the University of Vienna since 1900
  5. ↑ After all, Gabriel was the author of “Führertum und Gefolgschaft”, a “inflammatory pamphlet against liberalism, democracy and socialism, whose statements on the Führer principle can also be read as Nazi-compatible.” Source: Renate Lotz-Rimbach: Zur Biographie Leo Gabriels. Revision and addition of the self-portrayal of a philosopher and rector of the University of Vienna, in: Zeitgeschichte No. 6/2004, p. 374; Web source Austrian Hamas supporters and the “final solution to the Jewish question” , February 16, 2009, and action against anti-Semitism in Austria, Austrian Hamas supporters and the “final solution to the Jewish question” , by Karl Pfeifer, web access February 21, 2009
  6. ↑ "In the first series of lectures by the university education camps, which comes under the heading 'Race', after the opening lecture by Rector Oswald Menghin (" Blood and Spirit ") and the lecture by the lecturer and later university professor Eric Voegelin (" Race Question "), Leo speaks Gabriel Sr. about "The Jewish Question". When enrolling at the National University of Vienna, Leo Gabriel uses the term “German” for “mother tongue” but neither the term “German” or “Austrian” for “ethnicity”, as around 90% of all students do, but the term “Aryan” 'or' Arier '. ”Source: Renate Lotz-Rimbach: On the biography of Leo Gabriel. Revision and addition to the self-portrayal of a philosopher and rector of the University of Vienna, in: Zeitgeschichte No. 6/2004, p. 387; see also Michael Siegert: Philosophized with Browning. The murder of Moritz Schlick on June 22, 1936 ; in: FORVM, issue 331/332 - July / August 1981; Renate Lotz-Rimbach: Murder does not expire. Psychogram of a political murder, in: Moritz Schlick, stations. Moritz Schlick Studies Volume I, Springer, Vienna, New York; Web source [3] , February 16, 2009, and [4] , ibid., By Karl Pfeifer, accessed February 21, 2009
  7. ↑ See: [5] and [6] , web access February 21, 2009

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personal data
SURNAME Gabriel, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1987
Place of death Vienna