Karl Albert was a German

Germany

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 philosopher and professor emeritus

Emeritus

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 at Bergische Universität Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

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He studied at University of Cologne

University of Cologne

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 and University of Bonn

University of Bonn

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. His 1950 dissertation On the Aesthetics of the Sublime in German Idealism was written under the supervision of professor Erich Rothacker

Erich Rothacker

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 at University of Bonn

University of Bonn

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. In the years 1952-1955 he was an assistant of Joseph Koch (a Meister Eckhart

Meister Eckhart

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 scholar) at Thomas-Institut

Thomas-Institut

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 in Cologne

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. 1958-1970 he taught philosophy at a local Gymnasium. In this period he majored in linguistics and classics. Then until 1972 he was a Lehrbeauftragter at the Ruhr-Universität in Bochum

Bochum

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. In 1973 Albert was appointed Professor of Philosophy at the Pädagogischen Hochschule Rheinland. In 1980 he changed to Wuppertal

Wuppertal

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's Bergischen Universität. He died on 9th October, 2008.

Works

• 1950 Die Lehre vom Erhabenen in der Ästhetik des deutschen Idealismus (dissertation)
• 1968 Philosophie der modernen Kunst
• 1974 Die ontologische Erfahrung
• 1975 Zur Metaphysik Lavelles
• 1976 Meister Eckharts These vom Sein
• 1977 Spirituelle Poesie
• 1978 Hesiod, Theogonie, Ratingen
• 1980 Griechische Religion und platonische Philosophie
• 1981 Das gemeinsame Sein
• 1982 Vom Kult zum Logos
• 1984 Philosophische Pädagogik
• 1986 Mystik und Philosophie
• 1988 Meister Eckhart: Kommentar zum Buch der Weisheit
• 1988 Philosophische Studien I: Philosophie der Philosophie
• 1989 Platons Begriff der Philosophie
• 1989 Philosophische Studien II: Philosophie der Kunst
• 1990 Philosophische Studien V: Philosophie der Erziehung
• 1991 Philosophische Studien III: Philosophie der Religion
• 1992 Philosophische Studien IV: Philosophie der Sozialität
• 1995 Lebensphilosophie. Von den Anfängen bei Nietzsche bis zu ihrer Kritik bei Lucács
• 1996 Einführung in die philosophische Mystik
• 2000 Philosophie als Form des Lebens (with Elenor Jain).
• 2003 Die Utopie der Moral. Versuch einer kulturübergreifenden ontologischen Ethik (with Elenor Jain).

External links

• Sammlung Karl Albert The collected works of Karl Albert published by the Academia Verlag.
• Röll Verlag Karl Albert's publisher.
• Alber Verlag Publisher of Albert's latest books.
• Karl Albert's biography