Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer was a French-German doctor, religious thinker, musician, and philosopher who lived from 1875 to 1965 and became known for combining intellectual pursuits with humanitarian work. He matters because he exemplified the idea of using professional skills and learning to serve others, influencing how many people think about the relationship between personal achievement and ethical responsibility.
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- 1875
- Died
- 1965
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- 369
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- Verfall und Wiederaufbau der Kultur
- Lambarene
- Goethe, der Mensch und das Werk
- The present nuclear crisis in the world
- Ma vie et ma pensée
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- Albert Schweitzer - The Man Behind the Myth — Self (archive) - subject2025
- Africa and Schweitzer — Himself1961
- Albert Schweitzer — Self (archive footage)1957
- Reverence for Life1952
- Lamp Unto My Feet — Self (archive footage)1948
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Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer ( German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃvaɪtsɐ] ; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view. His contributions to the interpretation of Pauline Christianity concern the role of Paul's mysticism of "being in Christ" as primary and the doctrine of justification by faith as secondary.
He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of "Reverence for Life". His philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon). As a music scholar and organist, he studied the music of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach and influenced the Organ Reform Movement (Orgelbewegung).
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