degree in February, 1913, Schweitzer studied medicine, but he did not entirely cut himself off from his other worlds. ASF selects and supports nearly 250 new US and Africa Schweitzer Fellows each year from over 100 of the leading US schools of medicine, nursing, public health, and every other field with some relation to health (including music, law, and divinity). READ MORE: The story behind Alfred Nobels spirit of discovery. in Greek, chapters that contain Jesus' injunctions to His apostles, among them the one that commands, "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have To support himself and to carry on the work at Lambarene, Schweitzer joined the medical staff of the Strasbourg Hospital, preached, gave lectures and organ recitals, traveled and wrote. Now, without context, it seems that Albert Schweitzer rejects the whole project of historical Jesus research. On his trip to Europe, Schweitzer invariably made his headquarters at his home in Gunsbach, which was expanded until it was also a leave and rest center for the hospital staff. Heart disease was an uncommon cause of death in the US at the beginning of the 20th century. "Reverence for Life," Schweitzer replied, "means my answering your kind inquiries; it also means your reverence for my dinner hour." // Famous Nobel Peace Prize Emily Greene Balch Three years after the end of World War II, in 1948, he returned for the first time to Europe and kept travelling back and forth (and once to the US) as long as he was able. 1996 - 2023 NewsHour Productions LLC. [21] During its preparation Schweitzer became a friend of Cosima Wagner, then resident in Strasbourg, with whom he had many theological and musical conversations, exploring his view of Bach's descriptive music, and playing the major Chorale Preludes for her at the Temple Neuf. Schweitzer saw many operas of Richard Wagner in Strasbourg (under Otto Lohse) and in 1896 he managed to afford a visit to the Bayreuth Festival to see Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen and Parsifal, both of which impressed him. In a telegram that Mrs. Eckert sent to them from here Saturday, she said: "He is dying, inevitably and soon. Even in his study of medicine, and through his clinical course, Schweitzer pursued the ideal of the philosopher-scientist. The Bach titles were mainly distributed as follows: Later recordings were made at Parish church, Gnsbach: These recordings were made by C. Robert Fine during the time Dr. Schweitzer was being filmed in Gnsbach for the documentary "Albert Schweitzer". Mankind had to choose to create the moral structures of civilization: the world-view must derive from the life-view, not vice versa. Schweitzer's pedal piano was still in use at Lambarn in 1946. One of Schweitzer's major arguments in The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle is that Paul's mysticism, marked by his phrase "being in Christ", gives the clue to the whole of Pauline theology. "The chorale not only puts in his possession the treasury of Protestant music," Schweitzer wrote, "but also opens to him the riches of the Middle Ages and of the sacred Latin music from Then, working as medical assistant and assistant-pastor in Strasbourg, he advanced his project on the philosophy of civilization, which had occupied his mind since 1900. for a specific application of Reverence for Life. LAMBARENE, GABON, Sept. 5--Albert Schweitzer died last night in his jungle hospital here. He was there again from 1929 to 1932. In 1955, he was made an honorary member of the Order of Merit (OM) by Queen Elizabeth II. ", "The Jesus of Nazareth . [76][77] Translating several couplets from the work, he remarked that the Kural insists on the idea that "good must be done for its own sake" and said, "There hardly exists in the literature of the world a collection of maxims in which we find so much lofty wisdom. He was 90 years old. Next, Schweitzer poses the question: "Of what precise kind then is the mysticism of Paul?" His autocracy was more noticeable as his years advanced and The doctor never entirely left the pursuit of music and became well known as a virtuoso on the keyboard and pipes, especially when he played the works of Bach. In their first nine months in Africa, they treated more than 2,000 patients. Strasbourg as a student in theology, philosophy and musical theory. Schweitzer's ethical system, elucidated at length in "The Philosophy of Civilization," is boundless in its domain and in its demands. : "I see in him one of the most eminent geniuses in the history of medicine. of the world and life? Schweitzer was not only struck by the application of these verses to himself, but even more by the over-all content of the two chapters as expressed in Jesus' assertion that "the kingdom of heaven is at hand." He and his wife (they were German citizens) were interned as prisoners of war for four months, then released to continue the work of the hospital. for Life. On an afternoon, Schweitzer could often be seen leaving his home to slip over This compromise arose after the Protestant Reformation and the Thirty Years' War. R.D. that the work of Bach owes its greatness.". Albert Schweitzer, OM (14 January 1875 - 4 September 1965) was a French-German theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. [44] Therefore, Schweitzer argues that Paul is the only theologian who does not claim that Christians can have an experience of "being-in-God". [69] By comparison, his English contemporary Albert Ruskin Cook in Uganda had been training nurses and midwives since the 1910s, and had published a manual of midwifery in the local language of Luganda. To the end, his one frustration was that he had not succeeded in convincing the world to abolish nuclear weapons. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of "Reverence for Life", which states that the only thing we are really sure of is that we live and want to go on living. Albert was born in 1875 in Kaysersberg (Alsace-Lorraine), Germany, (now Haut-Rhin, France), only two months after Germany annexed that province from France, as a result of winning the Franco-Prussian war. His Interpreters," published in English in 1912. His father, a Lutheran pastor, moved the family to a nearby town, Gunsbach, which was situated in the foothills the Vosges mountain range. Darstellung und Kritik[51] [The psychiatric evaluation of Jesus. [10], From 1893 Schweitzer studied Protestant theology at the Kaiser Wilhelm University in Strasbourg. When the So far as we know, this is for the first time clearly expressed by Jainism. in 1913 with specialization qualifications in tropical medicine and surgery. Name in native language. . As recognition for his many years of humanitarian work he was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in 1952 and in 1955, Queen Elizabeth II conferred on him Great Britain's highest civilian award, the Order of Merit. the faculty at Strasbourg; wrote "The Mystery of the Kingdom of God"; and, at Widor's urging, completed a study of the life and art of Johann Sebastian Bach. Ara Paul Barsam (2002) "Albert Schweitzer, jainism and reverence for life" in: Albert Schweitzer and Charles Rhind Joy (1947). Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. to school for a few hours every day and then going back to the fields. side by side! Schweitzer's wife, Helene Schweitzer, served as an anaesthetist for surgical operations. Meantime, as these beliefs were maturing in Schweitzer's mind, he continued his student life at Strasbourg and fixed with great precision the course of his future. [55] In early 1913, he and his wife set off to establish a hospital (the Hpital Albert Schweitzer) near an existing mission post. Another major difference between Paul's "realism" and Hellenistic "symbolism" is the exclusive nature of the former and the inclusive nature of the latter. Rachel Carson, 1963 Speech in Rachel Carson: Silent Spring & Other Writings on the Environment; Few authors in modern times can be said to have redirected the course of an entire field of study. Kentucky Vital Records Indexes at Ancestry (these require payment) Kentucky Death Certificates and Records, 1852-1965 (coverage before 1911 varies by county) includes digitized Kentucky death certificates from 1911-1965, plus earlier records for some counties ; Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 The Albert Schweitzer Institute conducts programs that link education, ethics and voluntarism for the sake of creating a more peaceful and sustainable world. to the church to play Bach. He speaks to us the same word: 'Follow thou me' and sets us to the task which He has to fulfill for our time. too, failed, Schweitzer argued, hence the despairing cry, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? Amid a hail of protests from his friends, family and colleagues, he resigned his post and re-entered the university as a student in a three-year course towards the degree of Doctorate in Medicine, a subject in which he had little knowledge or previous aptitude. of self-imposed exile in Africa. Albert Schweitzer made notable organ recordings of Bach's music in the 1940s and 1950s. Csar Franck: Organ Chorales, no. Lecturing widely on the problems of peace, Dr. Schweitzer told his wide audience, The end of further experiments with atom bombs would be like the early sunrays of hope which suffering humanity is longing for., Not all was sunny with Schweitzers social commentary. "In reality, that which is eternal in the words of Jesus is due to the very fact that they are based on an eschatological world-view, and contain the expression of a mind sermons as well as to his scalpel, for he believed that the good shepherd saves not only the animal but also his soul. In the Preface to Civilization and Ethics (1923) he argued that Western philosophy from Descartes to Kant had set out to explain the objective world expecting that humanity would be found to have a special meaning within it. Schweitzer, who insisted that the score should show Bach's notation with no additional markings, wrote the commentaries for the Preludes and Fugues, and Widor those for the Sonatas and Concertos: six volumes were published in 191214. Life, Grief, Bad Ass. it.". 8 Department of Cardiology II -Electrophysiology; University of Mnster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebude A1, D-48149 Mnster, Germany. Bartolf, Christian; Gericke, Marion; Miething, Dominique (2020): This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 08:10. disease (leprosy), dysentery, elephantiasis, sleeping sickness, malaria, yellow fever and animal wounds. world's end did not occur, according to Schweitzer's view, Jesus decided that He must undergo an atoning sacrifice, and that the great transformation would take place on the cross. [41] Primitive mysticism "has not yet risen to a conception of the universal, and is still confined to naive views of earthly and super-earthly, temporal and eternal". Also Known As: Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer Died At Age: 90 Family: Spouse/Ex-: Helene Bresslau father: Louis Thophile siblings: Emma Schweitzer, Louisa Schweitzer, Lulie Adele Schweitzer, Marguerit Schweitzer, Paul Schweitzer children: Rhena Schweitzer Miller Born Country: France Quotes By Albert Schweitzer Nobel Peace Prize His brother, Dr. Paul Schweitzer, 83, was not able to be with him. Widor, deeply impressed, agreed to teach Schweitzer without fee, and a great and influential friendship thus began. Astounding plans e'en now are brewing: [8], Schweitzer's first language was the Alsatian dialect of German. Footnote 35 Not only has Jesus, according to Schweitzer, by his death and apparent failure, . He and his wife are buried on the Hospital grounds in Lambarn. ~ Albert Schweitzer. A developed form of mysticism is attained when the "conception of the universal is reached and a man reflects upon his relation to the totality of being and to Being in itself".