Paul Barth (philosopher)

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Paul Ernst Emil Barth (born August 1, 1858 in Baruthe near Oels , Silesia , † September 30, 1922 in Leipzig ; also Ernst Emil Paul Barth ) was a German philosopher and educator .

Life

Paul Ernst Emil Barth was born on August 1, 1858 in Baruthe as the son of the teacher Ernst Barth and his wife Pauline Grünig. In 1875 he started at the University of Breslau to study classical philology , history and philosophy , which he in 1881 at the University of Leipzig with the promotion for Doctor Phil. completed. Between 1882 and 1888 he worked as a teacher at high schools in Liegnitz , Leipzig and Jena and in 1890 he received his habilitation in Leipzig . He was then at the University philosophy lecturer . He remained this until 1897, after which he taught philosophy and education as an associate professor . He married Margarethe Schirmer on April 7, 1902. From 1918 he held a position as a full honorary professor, which he held until his death on September 30, 1922 in Leipzig at the age of 64.

Barth was particularly concerned with moral and university education. He perceived history as concrete sociology , theoretical history as abstract sociology. Based on this assumption, he wrote an overview of the history of pedagogy, in which he dealt with the problems of education and teaching. In doing so, he called for real-life moral lessons.

Works

  • De infinitioni apud poetas scaeni cos satinos usu. ( Dissertation 1881)
  • Philosophy of history of Hegel and the Hegelians (habilitation thesis 1890)
  • The philosophy of history as sociology. Part 1: Introduction and critical overview (Leipzig 1897)
  • The elements of education and teaching. Depicted on the basis of contemporary psychology (Leipzig 1906)
  • The history of education in a sociological and intellectual historical light (Leipzig 1911)
  • Ethical Youth Leadership - Basic Features of Systematic Moral Lessons (Leipzig 1919)
  • The Need for Systematic Moral Education (Leipzig 1919)
  • The Guide to Life (1920)
  • The Stoa (Stuttgart 1922)

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personal data
SURNAME Barth, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barth, Paul Ernst Emil (full name); Barth, Ernst Emil Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and educator
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Baruthe
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1922
Place of death Leipzig