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. Indeed, the very word reverence ehrfurcht indicates that he is not depicting obedience to moral law but concerns a new temper of mind. These words came to albert schweitzer on a boat trip on the ogooue river in french equatorial africa now gabon, while searching for a universal concept of ethics for our time schweitzer made the phrase the basic tenet of an ethical philosophy, which he developed and put into practice. There are also some interesting quotations on music. Download reverence for life the words of albert schweitzer ebook for free in pdf and epub format. We search to find meaning at such times of pain and death. The words of albert schweitzer constant kindness can accomplish much. Rud explains, develops and advocates albert schweitzer s ethics of reverence for life as it is relevant to contemporary education. A man is really ethical only when he obeys the constraint laid on him to help all life which he is able to succour, and when he goes out of his way. Musician, physician, humanitarian, and philosopher, albert schweitzer was a twentiethcentury renaissance man who won the nobel peace prize for his reverence for life philosophy.
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The ethics of reverence for life, together with certain corrections and amendments, is also very relevant today in the. The teaching of reverence for life is a slim volume, penned late in life by albert schweitzer, the theologian who changed careers at age 30 to endure seven years of medical school and follow a call into medical missionary work. But what schweitzer offers here are not rules but rather examples of the type of action expected from one who upholds reverence for life. In the light of recent events, i thought of what schweitzer wrote more than once about what he called the fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain. Albert schweitzer s reverence for life ethic in relation to arthur schopenhauer. In 1965, albert schweitzer, musician, author, philosopher, and physician, died at the age of ninety, still working at his hospital in africa. Selections from his autobiography provide a fascinating look at. Albert schweitzer share the story of albert schweitzer with your students, and assign the related activities as a way of learning more about a notable humanitarian and physician. Determined to become a medical missionary, he obtained a doctorate in medicine at the univ. The fundamental principle of morality which we seek as a necessity for thought is not, however, a matter only of arranging and deepening current views of good and evil, but also of expanding and extending these. Preorder our new reading on the life of albert schweitzer. Schweitzer quotations, each about a paragraph in length. The wisdom of albert schweitzer explores this core philosophy, which inspired one of the worlds great humanitarians.
The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Although the phrase reverence for life may perhaps sound a trifle unreal, yet that which it denotes is something which never lets go its. Reverence for life the inspiring words of a great humanitarian hallmark editions schweitzer, albert on. 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. The ethic of reverence for life, by albert schweitzer. Albert schweitzer s words stand in contrast to utilitarian cultures engaging in abortion, euthanasia, organ harvesting and honorkillings. Most of the quotations concern either schweitzer s ethical teachings about reverence for life or schweitzer s views on peace in our world. Albert schweitzer 18751965 once held the same moral role as did mother teresa in our day, and both schweitzer and mother teresa received the nobel peace prize, she in 1979, he in 1953. Read reverence for life the words of albert schweitzer online, read in mobile or kindle. Reverence for life was schweitzers unifying term for a concept of ethics. Albert schweitzer 18751965 was an alsatiangerman religious philosopher, musicologist, and medical missionary in africa. Share albert schweitzer quotations about animals, life and ethics. 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. Albert schweitzer, ethics, reverence for life, commandment, kill.
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The wisdom of albert schweitzer by philosophical library. In the first half of the book he provides a clear and illuminating overview of albert schweitzer s life and thought. His personal and intellectual legacy continues to hold strong moral appeal and serve as an inspiration for a wider ethic of life. Fifty years ago one of the worlds most revered men died. Publication date 1965 topics ethics, nuclear war, nuclear weapons collection opensource language english. Albert schweitzer reverence for life medical missionary to. The philosophy of albert schweitzer has proved widely influential in modern thinking, especially in the field of ethics.
Albert schweitzers legacy for education reverence for. While viewing a herd of hippopotamuses crossing a river, this revelation came to albert schweitzer s mind. Pdf the ethics of albert schweitzer as an inspiration for a. He was born in kaisersberg in alsacelorraine, a germanophone region which the german empire returned to france after world war i. Nicholas comninellis schweitzer, naomi tutu, and rob wilds actors playing roles of schweitzer s life, and six organ pieces performed by. If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life. Albert schweitzer books and biography free pdf books from bookyards, one of the worlds first online libraries to offer ebooks to be downloaded for free. I cannot avoid compassion for everything that is called life. While schweitzers life and his ethics have had an enormous appeal to wide audiences all over the world, philosophers have generally ignored his contribution.
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