Ferdinand Christian Baur Quotes

It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things, the interests and motives, the leading ideas of his literary activity.
Ferdinand Christian Baur

Time, Ideas, Writer

It was my study of the two Corinthian letters that first caused me to concentrate my attention more directly on the relation of the apostle Paul to the older apostles.
Ferdinand Christian Baur

Two, Study, Attention

The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it.
Ferdinand Christian Baur

Time, Whole, Idea

Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
Ferdinand Christian Baur

History, Philosophy, Dead

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Theologian

Born: June 21, 1792

Died: December 2, 1860

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