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Albert Schweitzer

Born

in Kaisersberg, Alsace-Lorraine, France

January 14, 1875

Died

September 04, 1965

Genre

Religion & Spirituality, Biblical Criticism, History

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Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, was an Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Kaisersberg in Alsace-Lorraine, a Germanophone region which the German Empire returned to France after World War I. Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of historical Jesus current at his time and the traditional Christian view, depicting a Jesus who expected the imminent end of the world. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his philosophy of "reverence for life", expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Lambaréné Hospital in Gabon, west central Africa.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 2,406 ratings · 276 reviews · 479 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Albert Schweitzer, W. Montgomery (Translator), Francis Crawford Burkitt (Preface) 3.82 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 1905 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of My Life and Thought by Albert Schweitzer, Jimmy Carter (Foreword), Antje Bultmann Lemke (Preface) 3.97 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 1931 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reverence for Life: The Words of Albert Schweitzer by Albert Schweitzer, Harold E. Robles 4.15 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 1965 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Primeval Forest by Albert Schweitzer, William W. Foege (Foreword) 3.94 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1921 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophy of Civilization: The Decay & the Restoration of Civilization/Civilization & Ethics by Albert Schweitzer, C.T. Campion 4.07 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1923 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	J.S. Bach, Vol 1 4.15 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1905 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle by Albert Schweitzer, William Montgomery (Translator), Jaroslav Pelikan (Introduction) 4.42 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1956 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Words of Albert Schweitzer by Albert Schweitzer, Norman Cousins (editor) 4.19 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	J.S. Bach, Vol 2 4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Light within Us by Albert Schweitzer, Richard Kik (Compiler) 3.83 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1971 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
― Albert Schweitzer

tags: inspirational, life, spiritual, uplifting

5227 likes

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
― Albert Schweitzer

tags: attributed-no-source, cats, life, music

3050 likes

“If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was”
― Albert Schweitzer

tags: love

792 likes

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