Laurie Lee
British writer (1914-1997)
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacherwas a German Reformed 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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About the Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacherwas a German Reformed 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. Because of his profound effect on subsequent Christian thought, he is often called the “Father of Modern Liberal Theology” and is considered an early leader in liberal Christianity. The neo-orthodoxy movement of the twentieth century, typicallyseen to be spearheaded by Karl Barth, was in many ways an attempt to challenge his influence. As a philosopher he was a leader of German Romanticism. Schleiermacher is considered the most important Protestant theologian between John Calvin and Karl Barth.
6 Quotes by Friedrich Schleiermacher
- 1.
No God without a world, and no world without God.
Friedrich SchleiermacherGerman theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
- 2.
Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this antithesis, is the same as that which in ethics exists between good and pleasure or feeling.
Friedrich SchleiermacherGerman theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
- 3.
The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant.
Friedrich SchleiermacherGerman theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
- 4.
And, moreover, it is art in its most general and comprehensive form that is here discussed, for the dialogue embraces everything connected with it, from its greatest object, the state, to its least, the embellishment of sensuous existence.
Friedrich SchleiermacherGerman theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
- 5.
For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered more in reference to art than science, if, that is, unity is to be preserved in the work generally.
Friedrich SchleiermacherGerman theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
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The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.
Friedrich SchleiermacherGerman theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)