Christian Lobeck
Christian August Lobeck ( born June 5, 1781 Naumburg ( Saale), † August 25, 1860 in Königsberg ( Prussia) ) was a leading German classical philologists of the 19th century. His research in the field of history of religion were pioneering in the Greek language research he moved into a new discipline of the Indo-European language research. He was one of the last German humanists, who completely wrote his works in Latin.
Life
Lobeck, son of the rector of the cathedral school of Naumburg visited for five years that led from his father Institute, where his education was limited entirely to Latin and Greek. Already at this time he became friends with two years older August Seidler (1779-1851), with whom he remained until his death in association. The two read together various poets, including Virgil and Gottfried August Bürger. The dream itself to become a poet, she joined. With fifteen years Lobeck left school and enrolled at the University of Jena for a law degree. In addition to legal events he heard also lectures the theologian Johann Jakob Griesbach, Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus and Karl David Ilgen and the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
In the second semester of study and changed Lobeck -fold: He entered the University of Leipzig and studied theology with the goal of teaching at secondary schools. His lack of education, he tried to be supplemented by private education. The study goal which he pursued until the exam, but increasingly more of a tendency to classical philology. Of the professors Philology in Leipzig heard Lobeck Christian Daniel Beck and Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann, who was him at first too high, but later most inspired him. The friendship between the two continued until Hermann's death in 1848. Lobeck resulted in Leipzig, a reclusive and quite the studies devoted life. Among the fellow students were among his friends the professional colleagues Karl Gottlob August Erfurdt and Karl August Förster. 1799 Lobeck candidate of the preaching ministry, but continued to focus on his academic training. In 1802 he qualified as a lecturer at the University of Wittenberg with an anti- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing font disputation de diis veterum adspectu corporum exanimium non prohibitis that as the ancients have formed the death of a response to Lessing's essay.
Shortly after the Habilitation Lobeck was Adjunct Faculty of Philology in Wittenberg. He held lectures Latin and Greek as well as a Disputatorium, in addition to the Latin and Greek was spoken. Among the visitors this Disputatoriums included Friedrich August Wilhelm Spohn, Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch, Friedrich Traugott Friedemann and Frederick Lindemann. His livelihood denied Lobeck at this time from his monthly salary as curator of the university library and private lessons. After the University of Wittenberg in 1807 suffered heavy losses due to the reallocation of Germany in the Treaty of Tilsit, also Lobecks post has been abolished. He went as a vice-principal at the Lyceum of Wittenberg and shortly thereafter became rector. His scientific work interrupted Lobeck not even in this position. Before the siege of Wittenberg by the Prussians (1814 ) Lobeck fled to Bad Schmiedeberg. After the Battle of Leipzig (1813 ) Lobeck received a professorship at the University of Königsberg, where he succeeded his friend Karl Gottlob August Erfurdt study was professor of eloquence and classical studies from 1814. Erfurdt had recently fallen ill and died.
Lobeck 1815 married the daughter of the Superintendent Kuntze in Bischofswerda ( 1789-1879 ). The couple had no children, but had two foster daughters, and Lobeck promoted the academic career of his much younger cousin Florian Lobeck in Königsberg.
Lobeck worked in Königsberg as a professor of classical philology, archeology and ancient history. Until the appointment Karl Lehr ' (1845 ) Lobeck was the only professor of classical studies at Konigsberg. Latin style exercises were the focus of his efforts. In each triennium he held six four-hour lectures in Latin on various subjects and fields of archeology. His interpretations were under Konigsberg students of all subjects for listening to. In 1849 he was elected a foreign member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. Until 1851 he headed the philological seminar of the University of Konigsberg alone, from then until his dispensation in 1857 together with Karl Lehr. Lobeck was orator of the university, Chief Librarian, examiner and director of Examiners for prospective teachers. In addition, the firm Liberal Rationalist and was politically active as an elector. This was the reason for some quarrel with his friend and pupil of Wilhelm Drumann, who was conservative and avowed monarchist.
His poor health, stemmed from over-exertion in his student days, he was able to recover to the extent of three stays in the spa town of Bad Salzbrunn that he had to take any leave to his death. He also almost never where he was regarded as original for his learning, his style and his friendly, humble nature left his home and place of action Königsberg. His motto was the word of the Seven Sages: vive deferred ( λάθε βιῶσας ), " living in hiding ". The first serious age-related complaints occurred in 1857, which is why he resigned shortly afterwards from his teacher. However, his scientific work, he would not let rest. Three years later, he died peacefully in his sleep.
Services
Lobecks work has focused on textual interpretation, Greek religious history and Greek language research.
Lobeck was the first who rejected the theory of an oriental religion was imported into Greece. His great work Aglaophamus sive de theologiae mysticae Graecorum causis libri tres (1829 ), on which he had worked for over 20 years, was received with great kindness, and wonder, and Wilhelm von Humboldt raised to praise: he considered it impossible, in a higher to connect Grade depth of research and completion of the presentation. Lobeck proved in this work that the Greek mystery cults had indigenous origins and were not introduced in the traditional form from the Orient. Despite the numerous negative findings in Aglaophamus the work caused a lot of positive findings of the 19th century.
In the Greek language research Lobeck had his competence demonstrated already in the output of Aias of Sophocles (1809 ). His edition of the grammarian and lexicographer Phrynichus (1820 ) was the result of careful research. The second half of the book makes a number of treatises on word formation. After the completion of the Aglaophamus to Lobeck turned exclusively to the speech research. He published in 1835 a second edition of Aias, to 1837 Paralipomena ( amendments) and additions to Butt 's Greek Grammar, and Pathologiae Graeci sermonis Elementa in two volumes ( Volume 1, 1853, Volume 2 posthumously in 1862, edited by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Müller). In all plants, the word formation was the focus. During the massive upheavals in the field of speech science by discovering the language affinities in the 30s succeeded Lobeck to adapt the new doctrine and to incorporate them into his research, although it has been rejected in many places for a long time. Georg Curtius praises his ability to structure and his, though often wrong, etymologies in his work Principles of Greek etymology.
Writings
- Aglaophamus sive de theologiae mysticae graecorim causis, idemque poetrarum Orphicorum dispersas Reliquias collegit (1829 ) Vol 1 Vol 2
- Paralipomena grammaticae Graecae (1837 )
- Pathologiae sermonis Graeci prolegomena (1843 )
- Pathologiae Graeci sermonis elementary (1853 )