Ludwig Stein: Rabbi, Professor, Publicist, and Philosopher of Evolutionary Optimism
Ludwig Stein (1859-1930) had a rich and varied career. He was born in Hungary, educated in Germany, and served for several years as an Orthodox rabbi in a Berlin congregation. He pursued postgraduate studies in philosophy under Eduard Zeller and in 1889, at the age of 31, he was appointed a full pro...
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| Language: | English |
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Penn Press
1995
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The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 1995, Volume: 86, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 91-125 |
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| Summary: | Ludwig Stein (1859-1930) had a rich and varied career. He was born in Hungary, educated in Germany, and served for several years as an Orthodox rabbi in a Berlin congregation. He pursued postgraduate studies in philosophy under Eduard Zeller and in 1889, at the age of 31, he was appointed a full professor of philosophy at the University of Berne, Switzerland. This paper explores Stein's most significant philosophical contribution--his theory of social optimism and progress. Stein contrasts the prophetic-biblical dynamic world view with the classical and oriental view which extols rest. For Judaism and its daughter religions, Christianity and Islam, with their idea of messianic redemption, utopian society and the perfectibility of man still lies in the future and not in the remote past. Although the prophetic ideal may be an illusion, it is the motive force of progress. |
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| ISSN: | 1553-0604 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Jewish quarterly review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1454823 |