Albert Schwegler

Albert Schwegler ( born February 10, 1819 Michel Bach at the Bilz, † January 6, 1857 in Tübingen) was a theologian, philosopher and historian.

Life

Albert Schwegler, the eldest son of Württemberg pastor Matthew Eberhard Schwegler, was born on 10 February 1819 Michel Bach at the Bilz near Schwäbisch Hall. Intended for a career as a clergyman, he attended the Latin school in Schwäbisch Hall, 1832-36 seminar in Schoental and from 1836 onwards the Tubingen. Schwegler took intensive part of the student life of his time. He was first a member of the Royal Society Roigel, but later the so-called genius Corps, which went up in the Normannia.

The time of his graduation in 1840 was marked by bitter disputes between the dominant conservative circles of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg and influenced by Hegel historical-critical " Tubingen School " to the church historian Ferdinand Christian Baur, from which came the theologian and religious critic David Friedrich Strauss and the formative also Schwegler teachers belonged. A scholarship enabled him to an extended trip to Germany with a long stay in Berlin in 1841 and the PhD in the Faculty of Arts with a treatise on the Philopatris the ancient philosopher and writer Lucian of Samosata. In the fall of 1842 Schwegler returned to Schwäbisch Hall, from where he unsuccessfully tried to find a job. As Hegel - trailer he had no chance of finding a job in the Württemberg Church, although he was valedictorian and had won several awards. As a lecturer of philosophy and philology, he led after his habilitation thesis on Plato from 1843 in Tübingen a poor outsider existence. Here he published his first kirchengeschlichtliche work Montanism and the Christian Church of the second century (1841 ), from 1843 to 1848 he edited the "Year Books of the Present", a well-known literary magazine, for authors such as Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Ludwig Feuerbach, Johann Gustav Droysen and his teacher Friedrich Jacob Reiff wrote. His 1844 published history of early Christianity was praised for her " masterful portrayal ". From theology, where he had been unable to gain a foothold, he turned to 1846 after a trip to Italy archeology. His 1846/47 alongside written history of philosophy in the plan evolved into a translated into many languages ​​and up to the 1950s newly established standard work.

Only the March Revolution of 1848 allowed for the appointment Schwegler professor of " Roman literature and antiquities " in Tübingen. More and more was for him now to work on a monumental " History of Rome " purpose in life, the first band he was able to publish in 1853. The Bachelor lonely, retired from public life, immersed himself in his studies and died - probably due to this overload -. On January 6, 1857 After his early death Schwegler was as a "man of quite exceptional talent, who wherever he intervened, Major made ​​" appreciated. Nevertheless, he was soon forgotten. His church history work was Ferdinand Christian Baur and David Friedrich Strauss, who asked " History of Rome " by Theodor Mommsen in the shade. Apart from the " History of Philosophy " have only been found in the specialized science recognition his works.

Works

• Montanism and the Christian Church of the 2nd century, Tübingen, 1841
• The post-apostolic age to the main moments of his Entrwicklung, Tübingen, 1846
• History of Philosophy in outline, 1846-1847
• The metaphysics of Aristotle, 1847
• Roman History
• Mary Magdalene in Gnostic writings
• History of Greek Philosophy, Tübingen, 1859. Posthumously