This text refers to the Paperback edition. Of himself, Schweitzer confirmed, I have made my life my argument.2 Perhaps the greatest lesson that healers. President Jimmy Carter, this edition features a new foreword by Lachlan Forrow, president of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. A mans life should be the same as his thought. In the background are glimpses of events in his early adult life, mainly from the ages of. Albert Schweitzer (18751965) was born in Kaysersberg, Germany (now part of France) on January 14, and became a theologian, physician, musician, and philosopher whose ethical theory argued the centrality of reverence for life. In addition to a foreword by Nobel Laureate and former U.S. In Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography, Albert Schweitzer creates a tapestry of ideas.
Tragically, Helene had to live vicariously through Schweitzer due to her. This anniversary edition coincides with several high profile celebrations of his 1949 visit, as well as the release of a new feature film starring Jeroen Krabbe and Barbara Hershey. and varied insight into the life, work, and thought of Albert Schweitzer. For Schweitzer, reverence for life was not a theory or a philosophy but a discovery-a recognition that the capacity to experience and act on a reverence for all life is a fundamental part of human nature, a characteristic that sets human beings apart from the rest of the natural world. Yet people most revere Schweitzer for his dedication to serving others and his profound and influential ethic of reverence for life. Schweitzer is celebrated around the world as a European pioneer of medical service in Africa, a groundbreaking philosopher and musical scholar, and a catalyst of environmental and peace activism. Kennedy called "one of the transcendent moral influences of our century." Published to commemorate Albert Schweitzer's only visit to the United States 60 years ago, this anniversary edition of his autobiography gives 21st-century readers a unique and authoritative account of the man John F.
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