Walter Martin Neidl

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Walter Martin Neidl (born April 3, 1930 in Tirschenreuth ; † January 19, 2014 in Regensburg ) was a German philosopher .

Life

He did an apprenticeship as an insurance salesman and was ordained a priest in 1959. He studied philosophy with Jakob Hommes in Regensburg, particularly technical criticism . When Max Muller , he was in 1966 Munich doctorate . He came to Tyrol , released from his diocese for science, at the end of the 1960s. He worked as a chaplain in the Provincial House of the Cross Sisters in Hall in Tirol and took over the courses on the history of philosophy at the theological faculty after Emerich Coreth was absent for several years due to illness. In 1973 he completed his habilitation at the theological faculty in Innsbruck . He donated his collection of icons to Wilten Abbey in 2003 , where it has been accessible ever since. In 1978 he was offered a professorship at the University of Salzburg , where he taught metaphysics . From 1980 to 1986 he was dean and vice dean before a severe heart attack in 1989 robbed him of much of his creativity. In 1992 he retired early.

Fonts (selection)

  • Franz Suarez's concept of reality after the Disputationes metaphysicae (= Munich theological studies, 2nd systematic department. Volume 33). Hueber, Munich 1966, OCLC 905554154 (also dissertation, Munich 1966).
  • Thearchia. The question of the meaning of God in Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita and Thomas Aquinas (illustrated using the texts by Peri Theiōn Onomatōn and the commentary written by Aquinas) . Habbel, Regensburg 1976, ISBN 3-7748-0343-9 (also habilitation thesis, Innsbruck 1973).
  • Christian Philosophy - An Absurdity? Inaugural lecture, held on March 27, 1979 at the University of Salzburg (= Salzburg University Speeches. Issue 70). Universitäts-Verlag Pustet, Salzburg / Munich 1981, OCLC 872563379 .
  • as editor with Friedrich Hartl: Person and function. Festschrift to commemorate the hundredth birthday of Jakob Hommes . Pustet, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-7917-1606-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Neidl, Walter Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Tirschenreuth
DATE OF DEATH 19th January 2014
Place of death regensburg