Rudolf Seydel

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Georg Karl Rudolf Seydel (born May 27, 1835 in Dresden , † December 8, 1892 in Leipzig ) was a German philosopher, theologian and university professor.

Live and act

First, Seydel attended the Kreuzschule in Dresden before he began studying theology in Leipzig in 1852. Seydel finished his studies in theology with a Magister Theologiae . In 1856 Seydel received his doctorate with his award-winning dissertation "Schopenhauer's Philosophical System". As an enthusiastic Freemason, he hoped to found an association of religious truth lovers and thus to realize an 'ideal church'. His hopes were not fulfilled and he joined the German Protestant Associationto bring the 'spirit of freedom' into the existing evangelical church. In 1867 he co-founded a local association of the German Protestant Association in Leipzig. For the purposes of the association he gave popular lectures, among which "The historical Jesus and modern criticism" (1868) and "On the evangelical miracle reports" (1870) were included in his collected works.

Seydel was appointed as a private lecturer due to his habilitation “The Progress of Metaphysics at the School for Ionian Hylozoism ” (1860) , and then in 1867 he was appointed associate professor for philosophy at the University of Leipzig . There he published the work "Logic or Science of Knowledge" in 1866.

He was a student of Christian Hermann Weisse and is known for his studies dealing with parallels between Buddhism and Christianity .

Politically, he was left-wing liberal and in 1858, together with Gottfried Joseph Gabriel Findel, was one of the founders of the Masonic magazine “ Die Bauhütte ”, the first edition of which appeared in Leipzig on June 24, 1858.

Seydel had two sons, the younger Hugo Martin Seydel (born February 10, 1871, † August 25, 1934), was a philosopher, musicologist and university professor in Leipzig.

Publications (selection)

  • Schopenhauer's Philosophical System. 1857.
  • Logic or science of knowledge. 1866.
  • The religion of religions. 1872.
  • Ethics or science of what ought to be. 1874.
  • The Gospel of Jesus in relation to the Buddha saga and Buddhist teaching. 1882.
  • The Buddha legend and the life of Jesus according to the Gospels. 1884.
  • Buddha and Christ. 1884.
  • Religion and science. Collected speeches and treatises. 1887.
  • Philosophy of religion in outline. Philosophy of religion in outline since Kant. Academic publishing bookstore by JCB Mohr, Tübingen 1893 (published together with Paul Wilhelm Schmiedel )

literature

Web links

  • Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Seydel, Rudolf ( [11] on zeno.org)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Historical course catalogs of the University of Leipzig. Seydel Rudolf [1]
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. phil. Georg Karl Rudolf Seydel. Professor catalog of the University of Leipzig [2]
  3. ↑ Ludwig Pallat : Richard Schöne, General Director of the Royal Museums in Berlin: A Contribution to the History of the Prussian Art Administration 1872-1905. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-1108-4049-0 , p. 12 ( [3] on books.google.de)
  4. ↑ Prof. Dr. phil. et Dr. theol. hc Christian Hermann Weisse. Professor catalog of the University of Leipzig [4]
  5. ^ Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann: The politics of sociability: Masonic lodges in German civil society, 1840-1918. Vol. 141. Critical studies on historical science, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 978-3-5253-5911-2 , p. 119 ( [5] on books.google.de)
  6. ↑ Die Bauhütte 1858 No. 1. Image from the Freemason Wiki, from November 9, 2011 ( [6] on freimaurer-wiki.de)
  7. ^ Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann : The politics of sociability: Masonic lodges in German civil society, 1840-1918 . Vol. 141. Critical studies on historical studies Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 978-3-5253-5911-2 , S. ( [7] on books.google.de)
  8. ↑ Hugo Riemann: Musik-Lexikon: Second Volume (reprint 1916), BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-84608-633-9 , S. Italic text 1037 [8]
  9. ↑ Prof. Dr. phil. Hugo Martin Seydel. Professor catalog of the University of Leipzig [9]
personal data
SURNAME Seydel, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Georg Karl Rudolf Seydel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, philosopher, author and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1892
Place of death Leipzig