Wilhelm Nestle

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Wilhelm Albrecht Nestle (born April 16, 1865 in Stuttgart ; † April 18, 1959 there ) was a German classical philologist .

biography

Wilhelm Nestle was the only son of the higher tribunal procurator Christian Gottlieb Nestle († 1879) and Maria Christiane Steudel († 1889), both of whom had already brought children from their first marriage into their relationship. His half-brother was the theologian and orientalist Eberhard Nestle .

After finishing school, Nestle studied classical philology in Tübingen and Berlin . In 1888 he passed the professorial exam and entered the Württemberg school service in various positions, including in Heilbronn , Tübingen , Stuttgart , Maulbronn and Ulm . There he married Klara Neuffer in 1899 and went on study trips to Greece and Italy in the same year. In 1900 he accepted a teaching position as a Preceptor in Schwäbisch Hall .

There he published his first of numerous works, Euripides, the poet of the Greek Enlightenment , which in 1902 led to the appointment as professor at the Evangelical-theological seminary in Schöntal , where he taught for six years. From 1909 to 1913 he was senior director of studies at the Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart , from 1913 to 1919 he was the rector of the Heilbronn Karlsgymnasium , after which he returned as the third rector of the Karls-Gymnasium in Stuttgart.

After his retirement in 1932 he became honorary professor for Greek philosophy at the University of Tübingen . After the publication of numerous philological writings, his main works From Mythos to Logos, the self-development of Greek thought from Homer to Sophistics and Socrates, and the development of Greek intellectual history from Homer to Lucian in its development from mythical to rational thinking appeared in 1940 and 1944 . In 1947 he was awarded the Kuno Fischer Prize by Heidelberg University for From Mythos to Logos . In the same year, however, he also began to go blind . He died at the old age of 94.

One of his sons was the classical philologist Walter Nestle (1902–1945).

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In the bibliography published by his son Rudolf on his 100th birthday in 1965, the volume of Nestle's work is estimated at 34 independent works, 212 essays and papers in magazines and newspapers, and 628 reviews. In addition, there are said to be numerous unpublished manuscripts in his estate. Beginning with his first work from 1903, the focus of his work is on writings on Greek philosophy , including the third volume of Friedrich Nietzsche's Philologica with Otto Crusius in 1913 and a number of other basic works such as the four-volume selection The Greek Philosophers , the three-volume work Greek Religiosity published in its main features and main representatives as well as a history of Greek literature . His major works, From Mythos to Logos, the Self- Development of Greek Thought from Homer to Sophistics and Socrates, and the Development of Greek Spiritual History from Homer to Lucian in their development from mythical to rational thought, which were created late in 1940 and 1944, are presented as the result of his decades of Greek thought Studies rated. His later work also includes theological writings such as The Crisis of Christianity, Its Cause, Its Becoming and Its Significance from 1947. The theologian Josef Hasenfuß summarized the basic thesis of this book as follows: “Today people could no longer be committed to the Christian creed; but they needed the ethics of Jesus to avoid the threat of self-destruction. That is why the only option left for the church is to turn away from dogmatics and turn to the ethical core of Jesus' teaching, to love one's neighbor. "

Honors

  • 1953: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Works (selection)

  • Finds of ancient coins in the Kingdom of Württemberg. Edited by the Commission for Württemberg State History. Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, 1893.
  • Euripides, the poet of the Greek Enlightenment. 1901. Reprint. 1969, 1985.
  • Pre-Socratics translated into selections and published. 1908. 3rd edition, 1929.
  • History of the Greek floor plan philosophy , Eduard Zeller. 12th editions, 1920
  • The Socratics. 1922.
  • The post-Socratics. 1922-1923.
  • History of Greek Literature. 1923
  • The main features of Greek religiosity from and to Proclus Homer. 1930-1934.
  • Plato's major works. Alfred Kröner, Leipzig 1931
  • Aristotle. Major works. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart 1935.
  • From myth to logos. The self-development of Greek thought from Homer to Sophistics and Socrates. 1940, 2nd edition
  • Homer from up to intellectual history Greek Lukian in their unfolding from the rational mythical represented thinking. 1944
  • Greek worldview in its significance for the present. Lectures and papers. Hannsmann, Stuttgart 1946.
  • The Crisis of Christianity in the Modern World. Its cause, its becoming and its meaning. 1947
  • Greek wisdom and art of living; Compiled from the sources and translated with an afterword. Hädecke, Stuttgart 1949.
  • The Greek philosophers translated and edited in selections. Reprint. 1968-1969.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Nestle: Bibliography Wilhelm Nestle. April 16, 1865 - April 18, 1959; a list of all writings, including the unpublished manuscripts by Wilhelm Nestle . Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1965.
  2. ↑ Philosophisches Jahrbuch 58 (1948) 169.
personal data
SURNAME Nestle, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nestle, Wilhelm Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1959
Place of death Stuttgart