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Albert Schweitzer

French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)

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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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Person · Open Library

Born: 1875
Died: 1965
Works: 369

Top works

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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Film & TV

Acting

Known for

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1875
Active to: 1965

Discography

Albert Schweitzer, der Organist2010

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,205
Total plays: 12,209

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
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· 2007 · cited 53,232x
Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
· 1977 · cited 49,856x
Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses
· 2009 · cited 30,299x
Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks
· 1999 · cited 27,797x

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Quotes

“Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life — it is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound and universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion.”
“Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.”
“Thus each successive epoch of theology found its own thoughts in Jesus; that was, indeed, the only way in which it could make Him live. But it was not only each epoch that found its reflection in Jesus; each individual created Him in accordance with his own character. There is no historical task which so reveals a man's true self as the writing of a Life of Jesus.”
“The ideal "Life of Jesus" [biography] at the close of the nineteenth century is the "Life" which Heinrich Julius Holtzmann did not write — but which can be pieced together from his commentary on the synoptic gospels and his new testament theology. It is ideal because, for one thing, it is unwritten, and arises only in the idea of the reader by the aid of his own imagination, and, for another, because it is traced only in the most general outline.”
“He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lake-side, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same word: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfil for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is.”
“Modern Christianity must always reckon with the possibility of having to abandon the historical figure of Jesus. Hence it must not artificially increase his importance by referring all theological knowledge to him and developing a ‘christo-centric’ religion: the Lord may always be a mere element in ‘religion’, but he should never be considered its foundation. (p. 402)”

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Albert Schweitzer
date of birth: 1875-01-14
date of death: 1965-09-04
birth name: Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
name in native language: Albert Schweitzer
Commons Creator page: Albert Schweitzer

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Albert Schweitzer, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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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).