Tilman Pesch

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Tilman Pesch SJ (born February 1, 1836 in Cologne , † October 18, 1899 in Valkenburg aan de Geul , Netherlands ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher .

Life

Tilman Pesch Pesch was born as the son of the tailor Johann Theodor Pesch and his wife Anna Maria Stüttgen. He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus on October 15, 1852 in Münster . He initially studied philosophy and theology in Paderborn and Bonn and then worked for four years as a teacher at the Jesuit grammar school in Feldkirch as a Latin teacher. He continued his theological studies at the then theological college of Maria Laach Abbey , where he was ordained a priest on January 13, 1866 by Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler in his house chapel . From autumn 1867 to 1869 he worked as a professor of philosophy in the Collegium of Maria Laach. From 1869 to 1872 he was President of the Marian Congregation (men's congregation) in Aachen , where he worked as a pastor. In Aachen he took his last religious vows in 1871 . He also cared for soldiers wounded in the Franco-German war , for which he was awarded the medal for non-combatants .

After the expulsion of the order as a result of the Jesuit Law, he went to Wijnandsrade Castle in the Dutch province of Limburg for a short time in 1872 , where the religious clerics who had previously studied in Münster were accommodated. Since January 1, 1873, he worked in Tervuren ( Belgium ) in the editorial team of the magazine Voices from Maria Laach .

In the autumn of 1876 he was called to the study house of the order province in Bleijenbeek in Afferden to take over the teaching post of philosophy again. As part of this, he mainly taught natural philosophy and psychology . Here he brought his students closer to the work of contemporary philosophy and a tolerance towards those who think differently. He taught mainly according to the scholastic method , but also according to other philosophical systems. He was also particularly interested in the new findings and developments in the natural sciences , and in his teaching attached great importance to taking them into account for the understanding of reality. In 1884 he resigned from teaching in order to devote himself entirely to his writing activities.

In addition, he was also active as a pastor and worked as a pulpit speaker, in popular missions and retreats, and as a missionary in Germany. He was a speaker at public meetings, but often had to interrupt this activity due to the expulsions of the Jesuits, was subjected to police interrogations or left cities such as Bielefeld , Gelsenkirchen and Düren prematurely. He was also a member and board member of the Görres Society for the Promotion of Catholic Science and lectured at its conferences. In this context he gave a lecture published in Bamberg in 1893 with the title “Soul and body as two components of the one human substance according to the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas ”.

He spent the last years of his life at the Ignatius College in Valkenburg . During this time he suffered from drastic health impairments from diabetes , which also limited his literary work.

Works

The main works of his scientific work are in the Latin scholastic textbooks, which he wrote as part of the Philosophia Lacensis undertaken at his suggestion , in which the entire field of philosophy was to be presented in individual works by former philosophy professors at the College of Maria-Laach.

  • The religious life , Herder, Freiburg i. Br.
  • The soldier friend. Guide booklet for Catholic soldiers , Herder, Freiburg i. Br.
  • Christian philosophy of life , Herder, Freiburg i. B.
  • The great world riddles, philosophy of nature , 2 volumes, Herder, Freiburg i. Br.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Digital Library - Munich Digitization Center. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
  2. ^ LAV NRW R civil register, regional court district Cologne, registry office Cologne, births, 1836, vol. 01
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Otto Muck : Tilmann Pesch. In: Cologne theologians. Sebastian Cüppers, Marzellen Verlag, accessed on December 18, 2019 .
  4. ^ Walter Drum: "Tilman Pesch". In: Charles Herbermann (Ed.): Catholic Encyclopedia . Robert Appleton, New York 1913.
personal data
SURNAME Pesch, Tilman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pesch, Tilman Gottlieb; Pesch, Tilmannus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1899
Place of death Valkenburg aan de Geul