Wolfgang Heilmann (philosopher)
Wolfgang Heilmann (born April 20, 1913 in Güstrow ; † November 27, 1992 in Trier ) was a German philosopher and professor at the University of Dortmund .
Life
Wolfgang Heilmann, the son of a factory owner, studied chemistry in 1931/32 after graduating from high school in Innsbruck and Rostock. After the war he studied Protestant theology and philosophy up to his doctorate in Würzburg in 1949. He became a lecturer in Bamberg .
In 1951 he appeared as a speaker at the founding meeting of the Occidental Action in Munich in 1951. He spoke out against a neutralist positioning of the FRG. In 1952 he became director of studies at the Occidental Academy in Munich-Eichstätt and published the lectures and discussions at the annual meetings in Eichstätt until 1955.
He taught philosophy as a full professor at the Pedagogical College and University of Dortmund and was a member of the Görres Society . After his retirement he moved to Trier.
Heilmann had a total of six children. The CDU politician Thomas Heilmann is his son.
Fonts
- Nietzsche and Paul Ernst . Dissertation. Wuerzburg, 1949.
- Christian conscience between East and West. In: Neues Abendland : Zeitschrift für Politik. 6th year (1951), issue 11 (November).
- State, people, supranational order. New Occident, Munich 1954.
- The West in the mirror of its nations. Neues Abendland, Munich 1955.
- What is form. On the current discussion in the philosophy of religion and art. Nymphenburger, Munich 1984 (annual edition of the Paul Ernst Society).
- Valentin Wehefritz [Ed.]: Attempt to determine the essence of the West. 1994.
literature
- Brieven van Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Antonius Asselbergs (1903–1968) aan Occidental Academy court aan Wolfgang Heilmann (1913-) and Georg von Gaupp-Berghausen VDA inv.nr. 411, 1955
- Mirjam Loos: Anti-communist and anti-anti-communist voices in the Protestant church milieu. In: Stefan Creuzberger , Dierk Hoffmann (eds.): "Spiritual danger" and "Immunization of society". Anti-Communism and Political Culture in the Early Federal Republic. Oldenbourg; Munich 2014, pp. 199–213. ISBN 978-3-48674708-9 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heilmann, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guestrow |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1992 |
| Place of death | trier |