An Anthology

by Albert Schweitzer, Charles R. Joy (Editor)

Selections From The Writings Of The Philosopher, Theologian, Musician And Humanitarian With A Chronological Summary Of Dr. Schweitzer's Life And A Biographical Introduction.

Genres: Philosophy

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Albert Schweitzer, but the selections are poorly chosen in this anthology. Though the best bits of his writings are compiled here, they're presented as a jumble of excerpts in which Schweitzer can't complete a thought before he is cut off and forced to jump in to a new one.

[Michael David · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a hodgepodge of Schweitzer's thoughts. It never got to the crux of what Schweitzer believed in, however, because most of its content were mere vignettes of Schweitzer's ideology.