Rudolf Christoph Eucken - World Literary Awards

プロフィール

性別: 男性
生誕: 1846-01-05 （Aurich, Kingdom of Hanover, German Confederation）
死没: 1926-09-14 （Jena, Thuringia, Germany） 80歳
国籍: German
言語: German
宗教: Protestant (Lutheran)
居住地歴: Aurich (birthplace) → Göttingen (studies) → Berlin (studies/work) → Husum (worked as teacher) → Basel (professorship) → Jena (long-term position/death)

経歴

職業: philosopher, university professor, writer
活動期間: 1866年〜1920年
所属: University of Basel (professor), University of Jena (professor), Harvard University (visiting/exchange professor), New York University (Deem lecturer)
影響を受けた人物: Hermann Lotze, F. A. Trendelenburg, Gustav Teichmüller
影響を与えた人物: Walter Eucken (son, economist), Early 20th-century German intellectual and ethical movements

学歴

学校	学部	学科	学位	期間	国
University of Göttingen	—	Classical philology and ancient history	PhD	1863–1866	Germany
Berlin University (Humboldt University of Berlin)	—	Studied philosophy and theology	—	1866–	Germany

University of Göttingen

Classical philology and ancient history

学位: PhD

期間: 1863–1866

卒業年: 1866

国: Germany

Dissertation: De Aristotelis dicendi ratione (On Aristotle's rhetoric)

Berlin University (Humboldt University of Berlin)

Studied philosophy and theology

期間: 1866–

国: Germany

Studied under Hermann Lotze and F. A. Trendelenburg

受賞歴

年	賞名	対象作品	部門	主催	結果
1908	Nobel Prize in Literature	—	—	Swedish Academy / Nobel Committee	受賞

Nobel Prize in Literature

1908

主催: Swedish Academy / Nobel Committee

結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

Nobel Prize in Literature 1回登壇

第8回（1908年） Winner

作品

代表作

The Problem of Human Life as Viewed by the Great Thinkers (Die Lebensanschauungen der großen Denker)

1890年 philosophy / intellectual history

A comparative study of major thinkers from antiquity to the modern era, examining conceptions of human life and the spiritual life.

spiritual lifemeaning of lifehistory of philosophy

翻訳

The Problem of Human Life (English translation)

Life's Basis and Life's Ideal: The Fundamentals of a New Philosophy of Life (Grundlinien einer neuen Lebensanschauung)

1907年 philosophy

Sets out the fundamentals of a new philosophy of life, advocating practical idealism and ethical activism.

ethical activismidealismreligious/spiritual inspiration

The Meaning and Value of Life (Der Sinn und Wert des Lebens)

1908年 philosophy

Philosophical reflections on the meaning and value of life, emphasizing the importance of the life of the spirit.

meaning of lifespirituality

翻訳

The Meaning and Value of Life (English translation)

全著作

Die Lebensanschauungen der großen Denker (1890)
Der Kampf um einen geistigen Lebensinhalt (1896)
Der Wahrheitsgehalt der Religion (1901)
Grundlinien einer neuen Lebensanschauung (1907)
Der Sinn und Wert des Lebens (1908)

作品の翻訳

The Problem of Human Life (English translation)
The Meaning and Value of Life (English translation)
Can We Still Be Christians? (English translation)

作風・主題

文体: idealistic, essayistic prosescholarly style combining historical analysis and constructive speculation
頻出モチーフ: life of the spiritethical activismmeaning of life

評価・遺産

Eucken received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1908 and is known for his idealistic, ethically engaged philosophy of life. He influenced German intellectual and religious-philosophical discourse in the early 20th century.

記念館・博物館

Rudolf Eucken birthplace (Aurich, commemorative site) Aurich, Osterstraße 27

資料所蔵先

Nobel Foundation (biographical and award materials)
Internet Archive (digital copies of works)

引用

"in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life"

出典: Nobel Committee (award citation, 1908) (1908年)

豆知識

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1908.
Was selected for the University of Basel professorship over Friedrich Nietzsche.
His son Walter Eucken became an important figure in ordoliberal economic thought.