Manfred Schröter

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Ernst Manfred Schröter (born November 29, 1880 in Munich , † December 24, 1973 in Munich) was a German philosopher .

Life

Manfred Schröter was born as the son of Moritz Schröter , professor of theoretical mechanical engineering at the Technical University in Munich. His grandfather, Moritz Schröter, had already been a professor at the Technical Universities of Stuttgart and Zurich. Schröter lost his mother at the age of four.

After graduating from high school at the Maxgymnasium in Munich , following the example of his father, he first studied physics at the Technical University of Munich. As he mentioned in a lecture on the occasion of his 80th birthday, a volume of Schelling's works led him on the actual and central path, the philosophical one, during his thesis .

He completed his philosophy studies in Halle and Munich in Jena in 1908 with the dissertation “The starting point of Schelling's metaphysics” as a Dr. phil. from. A year after completing his doctorate , he married Hildegard Guggenheimer, the daughter of the Jewish banker Moritz Guggenheimer . After the wedding, the young couple went on study trips to England, Italy and France. During the First World War he worked for the volunteer medical column in Munich.

Schröter died in Munich in 1973. He is buried in the Solln cemetery.

plant

In 1911 Schröter settled in Solln near Munich as a philosophical writer and wrote the work “Michelangelo, Sistine and Medici Chapel. Overall view of his main works ”. In addition to dealing with general cultural-philosophical questions, his interest was primarily directed towards the interpretation of the philosophical foundations of modern technology and later on researching the philosophy of German idealism. From 1921 to 1924 Schröter worked for "Münchener Neuesten Nachrichten" and from 1924 to 1925 gave public lectures.

Schröter had already completed his habilitation in philosophy and history of technology at the Technical University of Munich in 1930 , but had to give up his position as a lecturer under the rule of the National Socialists because he did not want to divorce his Jewish wife.

Publications (selection)

literature

  • Dorle Gribl: Solln and the Prinz-Ludwigs-Höhe. Volk Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86222-043-4 , pp. 123-125.
  • Manfred Schröter: The dispute about Spengler, criticism from his critics. CH Beck, Munich 1922
  • Manfred Schröter: Philosophy of Technology (Handbook of Philosophy), Oldenbourg, Munich and Berlin 1934
  • Manfred Schröter: German spirit in technology. Schaffstein, Cologne 1935
  • Manfred Schröter: Doom philosophy? From Hegel to Spengler. Leibniz Verlag, Munich 1948
  • Hans Schwerte and Wilhelm Spengler (eds.): Thinkers and Deuters in Europe today. Volume 1, Stalling, Oldenburg and Hamburg 1954, pp. 39-51
  • Oswald Spengler; Manfred Schröter and Anton M. Koktanek von Beck (eds.): Letters 1913–1936. Beck, Munich 1963
  • Oswald Spengler; Manfred Schröter and Anton M. Koktanek von Beck (eds.): Urfragen. Fragments from the estate. Beck, Munich 1965
  • Manfred Schröter: Schelling's works. Volume 6: Philosophy of Revelation. 4th edition, Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-02203-0
  • International Biographical Archive 25/1967 of June 12, 1967

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Schröter: Speech on his 80th birthday. Munich 1960
  2. ↑ Hans-Michael Körner and Bruno Jahn (eds.): Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. Munich 2005, p. 1784
personal data
SURNAME Schröter, Manfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schröter, Ernst Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cultural philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 24th 1973
Place of death Munich