Friedrich Schleiermacher

Tags: Philosopher.

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (German: [ˈʃlaɪɐmaxɐ]; November 21 1768 – February 12 1834) was a German theologian philosopher and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant Christianity. He also became influential in the evolution of Higher Criticism and his work forms part of the foundation of the modern field of hermeneutics.

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birth date

1768-11-21

birth place

Silesia, Wrocław, Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Silesia

death date

1834-02-12

death place

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Brandenburg

era

Age of Enlightenment, 19th-century philosophy

influenced

Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paul Tillich, Rudolf Bultmann, Albrecht Ritschl, Friedrich Ueberweg, Heinrich Ritter, Karl Barth, Wilhelm Dilthey, Manfred Frank, Antoine Berman

influenced by

Baruch Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Plato, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

main interest

Ethics, Metaphysics, New Testament, Psychology, Theology, Christian ethics, Dialectic, Dogma, Practical theology

philosophicalSchool

Romanticism