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Otto Flügel (born June 16, 1842 in Lützen , † July 9, 1914 in Dölau ) was a German theologian and philosopher.
Live and act
Flügel was born as the son of the teacher and mayor Johann Nikolaus (1806–1862) and Sophie, née. Hartung, born in Lützen near Leipzig. After attending school and teaching as a Forsteleve in Schleusingen, he studied philosophy, theology and natural sciences in Halle (Saale) from 1864 . His teacher Carl Sebastian Cornelius , a direct student of Johann Friedrich Herbart , exerted a considerable influence on him .
In 1868 he taught briefly at the Weißenfels Progymnasium . From 1869 to 1871 he was a deacon in Laucha an der Unstrut , then until 1883 country pastor in Schochwitz , then until 1908 country pastor in Wansleben . Together with the two Herbartians Wilhelm Rein (and from 1906 additionally with Karl Just) he published the magazine philosophy and pedagogy from 1894 to 1914 . In 1912 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Halle . In 1869, Flügel married Marie, the daughter of Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Allihn (1811–1885). The two had a son and two daughters.
Works and writings (selection)
- About the development of moral ideas. A study of the psychology of nations. In: Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie und Sprachwissenschaft 12, 1880, pp. 27–63 and 451–470.
- The soul life of animals , Langensalza 1884.
- The I and the moral ideas in the life of peoples , Langensalza 1885.
- Idealism and materialism of history (reprint from the magazine for philosophy and pedagogy ), Beyer & Sons, Langensalza 1898.
- Joh. Friedr. Herbart , Feuerverlag, Leipzig 1923
- Voluntarism and pedagogy , KF Koehler, Leipzig 1914.
- Attempts to replace or supplement the absolute ethics of Herbart by the relative ethics of evolutionism , Beltz, Langensalza 1914.
- Monism and Theology , Schulze, Cöthen 1914, 4th ed.
- Outline of logic and the doctrine of fallacies (as editor), Beyer, Langensalza 1914, 5th ed.
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Flügel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Digitized copies of the journal Philosophy and Pedagogy at the Library for Research on Educational History (BBF)
- Walter Asmus: Wing, Otto. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 261 ( digitized version ).
- Otto Flügel (PDF; 13 kB) at the Office for International Herbartianism Research
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SURNAME | Wing, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and philosopher |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1842 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lützen |
DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1914 |
Place of death | Dölau |