#schleiermacher

[beluosus]

studium mortis

[existentialcoffeebreak]

The more passionately something moves [one], and the more intimately it penetrates his being, the stronger is the urge also to glimpse its power outside himself in others, in order to prove to himself that he has encountered nothing other than what is human.

Friedrich Schleiermacher, On Religion (Fourth Speech)

[lesewut]

Schleiermacher’s “Philosophical Ethics”Violet marbled and half-bound leather edition of 1870. Published in Berlin by J. H. von Kirchmann.

Schleiermacher- The mediator of religion and theology in German Romantic era, but proclaiming piety and secularisation • Highly influenced by his private studies of Platon’s and Kant’s philosophical system, also comparing them and their principles of reason • External living condition are defined as insignificant humane attributes (“Je höher sich der Mensch hebt, desto kleiner sieht er die Lebensverhältnisse.“) ⚠️ plus the phantasy helps to triumph over reality 😘 • The whole world is nothing but “Individuation in the identical”, we should recognise the principle of eternal development • Jean Paul noticed that Schleiermacher gave philosophy a new poetic significance.

Ways to establish a noble mind-set and healthy life (selection):

I. Commandment

Friendship and matrimony, both have their roots in love, whereas love is merging two individuals into one and friendship is not depending on the overall idea of the person/partner opposite

II. Commandment

Do not create ideals of the loved ones, just love “how she/he is” ; this is also appealing to novel heroes :’)

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Highest Goal in Life should be a complete and constant accordance of our recognitions and longings; this also means:

-> The only will should be the will to become more and more “what I am”

-> the own view of the universe is just a part of the total-view (cf. Platon’s Theory of Ideas)

-> take every sorrow and smile as a new sort of energy to improve yourself; the human-soul should become a work of art

-> religion is not the source of morals and morals are not the source of religion, but religiousness is the source of morality and morality the source of religiousness; Schleiermacher defines religiousness as the “power of soul” and “binding principle”, God has no denomination, God is defined as the highest ultimate aim: The arranging cosmic force

[abyssopelagicstar]

The feeling/intuition of the infinite which is the highest flowering of religion is fleeting and transparent to you. RIP to Schleiermacher but I’m different.

[benghini]

Theological Texts as Pulp Sci-fi pt 1

Christ the Heart of Creation — Rowan Williams

Revelations of Divine Love — Julian of Norwich

On Religion — FDE Schleiermacher

Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism — Kathryn Tanner

Vibia Perpetua — The Passion of St. Perpetua and St. Felicity

[christianitynow]

Known as "The Father of Modern Liberal Theology," Friedrich Schleiermacher sought to articulate the Christian message to the world of the Enlightenment by distinguishing religious thought from scientific, moral, and philosophical thought.

[existentialcoffeebreak]

You yourself are a compendium of humanity.

Friedrich Schleiermacher, On Religion (Second Speech)

[existentialcoffeebreak]

Man has merely stolen the feeling of his infinity and godlikeness, and as an unjust possession it cannot thrive for him if he is not also conscious of his limitedness, the contingency of his whole form, the silent disappearance of his whole existence in the immeasurable.

Friedrich Schleiermacher, On Religion (Second Speech)