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Also known as Ernst Peter Wilhelm Troeltsch

German philosopher and theologian (1865-1923)

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Works
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Top works

  • The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches - Volume One (Halley Stewart Publications, Volume 1)
  • Psychoanalytic Pioneers
  • Zur Religiösen Lage, Religionsphilosophie und Ethik...
  • Deutsche Bildung
  • The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches, Vol One

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Type
Person
Country
AT
Active from
1941
Active to
2008

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Key facts

Born
( 1865-02-17 ) 17 February 1865 , Haunstetten , Kingdom of Bavaria
Died
1 February 1923 (1923-02-01) (aged 57) , Berlin , Free State of Prussia , Weimar Germany
Alma mater
University of Erlangen University of Göttingen
Era
19th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Neo-Kantianism ( Baden school ) History of religions school Liberal Christianity Classical liberalism
Institutions
University of Göttingen University of Göttingen University of Bonn University of Heidelberg University of Berlin
Notable students
Gertrud von Le Fort , Friedrich Gogarten
Main interests
Theology philosophy of history
Notable ideas
Three principles of historiography (principle of criticism, principle of analogy, principle of correlation)

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Encyclopedic overview

Ernst Peter Wilhelm Troeltsch (/trɛltʃ/; German: [tʁœltʃ]; 17 February 1865 – 1 February 1923) was a German liberal Protestant theologian, a writer on the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of history, and a classical liberal politician. He was a member of the history of religions school. His work was a synthesis of a number of strands, drawing on Albrecht Ritschl, Max Weber's conception of sociology, and the Baden school of neo-Kantianism.

Life

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