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Albert Schweitzer Posters, Prints, & Photographs
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 Albert Schweitzer (b. 1-14-1875; Alsace-Lorraine, Germany; d. 9-4-1965, Lambaréné, Gabon, Africa) was a theologian, philosopher, missionary, physician and music scholar. After WWI he asked for, and received, French citizenship.
Schweitzer's father was a pastor and taught young Albert to play music. As a young man Schweitzer studied philosophy and music in Paris and theology in Strasbourg. When he was 30 years old, he began medical studies to become a physician for the “Society of the Evangelist Missions of Paris" in the Gabon, a French colony in Africa.
Schweitzer was already recognized as a theologian for his "Quest of the Historical Jesus" (1906), The Psychiatric Study of Jesus (1911) and The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle (1930), and respected for his music intrepretations of Johann Sebastian Bach, before he became world renowned for his medical work.
His PhD dissertation was The religious Phylosophia of Kant, his medical degree dissertation.
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Albert Schweitzer was awarded the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of "reverence for life."
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Schweitzer's performances of Bach's compositions and biography of Bach have influenced how the composer's music is heard today. [more Johann Sebastian Bach posters]
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Albert Schweitzer with signature, Photographic Print
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Albert Schweitzer with signature, Photographic Print
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Albert Schweitzer, Photographic Print
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Albert Schweitzer with his antelopes, Photographic Print
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Albert Schweitzer building hospital, Photographic Print
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Albert Schweitzer, portrait by Frank Szasz
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Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a theologian, philosopher, and widely acclaimed as an organist for interpreting the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Deciding "man can no longer live his life for himself alone," he left his career in Europe to finance, build, and equip a hospital in Equatorial Africa.
He articulated a philosophy of ‘reverence for life’ to get beyond an improverished understanding of reality. Insisting nothing comes to pass without inwardness, he proclaimed a “faith in a new humanity, casting it as a torch into the darkness of our age.”
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.
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Albert Schweitzer was not a strict vegetarian. His decision to limit his consumption of meat was based on his philosophy of "reverence for life."
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