Albert schweitzer grew up as a pk, a preachers kid, and from an early age he was exposed to the interpretation of the bible. Albert schweitzer 18751965 was born in kaysersberg, germany now part of france on january 14, and became a theologian, physician, musician, and philosopher whose ethical theory argued the centrality of reverence for life. The words of albert schweitzer by albert schweitzer paperback. Albert schweitzer spanning many decades and a host of topics, this rich collection of the words of albert schweitzer offers a glimpse into the life and thought of an eminent humanitarian. His leading ethical idea can be summarized in the phrase reverence for life namely, that good consists in maintaining and perfecting life, and evil consists in destroying and obstructing life. Schweitzer parlayed his unsuccessful but monumental quest for the historical jesus into a quest for humanitarian mission work that put him afoul of both the german. Albert schweitzer s reverence for life ethic in relation to arthur schopenhauer and friedrich nietzsche. A treasury of albert schweitzer ebook written by albert schweitzer. Reverence for lifealbert schweitzers pivotal philosophymusician, physician, humanitarian, and philosopher, albert schweitzer was a twentiethcentury renaissance man who won the nobel peace prize for his reverence for life philosophy. Pdf the ethics of albert schweitzer as an inspiration for a. The words of albert schweitzer by schweitzer, albert, robles, harold e. Immediately after the first world war, albert schweitzer 18751965 diagnosed the decay of western civilization as a result of an excessive. In 1965, albert schweitzer, musician, author, philosopher, and physician, died at the age of ninety, still working at his hospital in africa. Knowledge and discovery, reverence for life, faith, the life of the soul, the musician as artist, and civilization and peace.
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