David Baumgardt
David Baumgardt (20 April 1890 – 21 July 1963) was an early 20th-century German Jewish philosopher in the field of philosophical history. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Berlin.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Baumgardt was born in Erfurt, German Empire. As a young man he studied at the universities of Freiburg, Vienna, Munich, Heidelberg and Berlin, and served in the military during World War I.[2]
Career
[edit]Baumgardt's main field of studies was ancient philosophy and ethics. He wrote about the relationship between ethical and religious ideology.[3]
He emigrated to Great Britain in 1935 and to the United States in 1939.
Some years before his death he wrote a retrospective of his years at the University of Berlin, entitled, Looking Back on a German University Career, which was published in 1965.[4]
Later in his life he was a consultant in philosophy to the American Library of Congress.[5]
Many commentaries were written about his work, including David Baumgardt and ethical hedonism by Zeev Levy and also Aristotle Ethical views by Mehdi Shokri.
Legacy
[edit]Baumgardt died in Long Beach, New York, United States.
A fellowship is offered by the Leo Baeck Institute, which houses a collection of his papers, to students who study and extend Baumgardt's work.[6]
Main works
[edit]- Franz v. Baader und die philosophische Romantik, 1927.
- Der Kampf um den Lebenssinn unter Vorläufern der modernen Ethik, 1933.
- Bentham and the Ethics of Today, 1952.
- Great Western Mystics and their Lasting Significance, 1961.
- Die abendländische Mystik, 1963.
References
[edit]- ^ Fred Skolnik; Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica, Volume 1. Granite Hill Publishers. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-0-02-865929-9.
- ^ Gershom Scholem; Anthony David (2007). Lamentations of Youth: The Diaries of Gershom Scholem, 1913-1919. Harvard University Press. pp. 355–. ISBN 978-0-674-02669-8.
- ^ A. Pablo Iannone (15 April 2013). Dictionary of World Philosophy. Routledge. pp. 614–. ISBN 978-1-134-68043-6.
- ^ Lewis Samuel Feuer (1974). Einstein and the Generations of Science. Transaction Publishers. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-1-4128-2235-0.
- ^ George A. Reisch (21 March 2005). How the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science: To the Icy Slopes of Logic. Cambridge University Press. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-0-521-54689-8.
- ^ Schoolhouse Partners LLC (May 2008). Directory of Research Grants 2008. AuthorHouse. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-1-4343-4698-8.
- ^ Bertrand Jackson (1 January 1987). Philosophy of Jewish Law. Taylor & Francis. pp. 290–. ISBN 978-3-7186-0466-1.
- Mehdi Shokri, Aristotle Ethical views, Hekmat Publishers, 2011.
- Levy, Zeev. David Baumgardt and ethical hedonism
External links
[edit]- Works by or about David Baumgardt at the Internet Archive
- David Baumgardt; Ernest J. Sternglass (1963). Horizons of a Philosopher. Essays in Honour of David Baumgaradt.
- Guide to the David Baumgardt Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York.
