Werner Jaeger

Werner Jaeger (July 30, 1888 - October 9, 1961) was a classicist of the 20th century. Quelle: http://www. ... Quelle: http://www. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

Jaeger was born in Lobberich, Germany. He attended school at Lobberich and at the Gymnasium Thomaeum in Kempen before studying at the University of Marburg. He received a Ph.D. from Humboldt University of Berlin in 1911 for a dissertation on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. Only 26 years old and without habilitation, Jaeger was called on that basis to a professorship with chair at the University of Basel in Switzerland. One year later he moved to a similar position at Kiel, and in 1921 he returned to Berlin. Jaeger remained in Berlin until 1936, when he emigrated to the United States because he was unhappy with Hitler's regime. Kempen can refer to: the town of Kempen in Germany; the German name of the Polish town of Kepno, or the fromer Prussian district Kreis Kempen; the Dutch and Belgian region of Kempen This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same... The University of Marburg, officially called Philipps-Universität Marburg after its founder, the Landgrave Philipp I of Hesse (usually called the Magnanimous), was founded in 1527 and is the worlds first and oldest Protestant university. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (German Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is Berlins oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin (Universität zu Berlin) by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt whose university model has strongly influenced... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Aristotle (sculpture) Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης AristotelÄ“s; 384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher. ... Habilitation is a term used within the university system in Germany, Austria, and some other European countries such as the German-speaking part of Switzerland, in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Russia, and other countries of former Soviet Union, such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Kirgizstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc. ... A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... The University of Basel (German: Universität Basel) is located at Basel, Switzerland. ... The University of Kiel, in full the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (in short: CAU), is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In the United States, he worked as a full professor at the University of Chicago from 1936 to 1939, at which time he moved to Harvard University. He remained in Cambridge, Massachusetts until his death. The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... City Hall - Cambridge MA Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ...

He is perhaps best known for his multivolume work "Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture", an extensive consideration of both the earliest practices and later philosophical reflections on the cultural nature of education in Ancient Greece, which he hoped would restore a decadent early 20th Europe to the values of its Hellenic origins.

Works

• Aristoteles (1924)
• Platons Stellung im Aufbau der griechischen Bildung (1928)
• Paideia, 3 vols. (from 1934), his magnum opus on Greek thought and education from Homer to Demosthenes

Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum), from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer. ... Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... Demosthenes Demosthenes (384 BC – 322 BC) is generally considered the greatest of the Attic orators, and thus the greatest of all Ancient Greek orators. ...

Related Topics

• Paideia