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Karl Bormann

1928 – 2015

German philosopher

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Lived 1928 – 2015 (aged 86). Karl Bormann was a German philosopher and university teacher.

Karl Bormann (November 23, 1928 in Monheim, – August 17, 2015 in Langenfeld) was a German historian of philosophy. His area of research was ancient and medieval philosophy, in particular the work of Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa.

Bormann supported efforts to open a beatification process on diocesan level for the Monheim martyr priest Franz Boehm, who was deported to the Dachau concentration camp because of his resistance to the Nazi regime, where he died in February 1945. As a former altar server for Boehm, Bormann was able to describe his personality from his own experience. He valued most about Boehm was that he was "helpful, deeply religious, conscientious, strict and uncompromising".

Writings (selection) as author

Die Ideen- und Logoslehre Philons von Alexandrien. Eine Auseinandersetzung mit H. A. Wolfson. Köln 1955 (Dissertation). Parmenides. Untersuchungen zu den Fragmenten. Meiner, Hamburg 1971 (Habilitation). Platon. Alber, Freiburg im Breisgau 1973; new 4th Edition 2003, ISBN 3-495-48094-3. The Interpretation of Parmenides by the Neoplatonist Simplicius. In: The Monist. 62. 1979, pp. 30-42. “Omne ens est bonum”: ethical character and social responsibility. In: Du Vrai, du Beau, du Bien. Études philosophiques presentées à Évanghelos Moutsopoulos. Paris 1990, pp. 228-249. Is there a unity of contemporary society? In: Energeia. Études aristotéliciennes offertes à Mgr. Antonio Jannone. Paris 1986, pp. 387-400. (Centre international d’études platoniciennes et aristotéliciennes, Publications – series “Recherches”, No. 1)

Writings (selection) as editor and translator Nikolaus von Kues: Philosophisch-theologische Werke. Lateinisch-deutsch. Volume III, De beryllo, Meiner, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 978-3-7873-1624-3 Platon: Der Staat. Über das Gerechte. Translated and explained by Otto Apelt. Revised and annotated by Karl Bormann. Introduction by Paul Wilpert. 8th Edition, Meiner, Hamburg 1961 (Philosophische Bibliothek 80), ISBN 978-3-7873-0930-6 Philon von Alexandria: Über die Freiheit des Tüchtigen. Über das betrachtende Leben. Über die Unvergänglichkeit der Welt. (Translations). In: Philo von Alexandria: Die Werke in deutscher Übersetzung. Band VII, de Gruyter, Berlin 1964. Nikolaus von Kues: Nicolai de Cusa opera omnia. Iussu et auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Heidelbergensis ad codicum fidem edita. (Historical-critical complete edition of the Heidelberg Academy), Meiner, Hamburg Vol. 3: De coniecturis, 1972, ISBN 978-3-7873-0218-5 Vol. 10: Opuscula II; Fasc. 2a, 1994, ISBN 978-3-7873-1075-3 Vol. 10: Opuscula II; Fasc. 2b, 1988, ISBN 978-3-7873-0750-0 Vol. 11/1: De beryllo, 1988, ISBN 978-3-7873-0749-4 Vol. 11/3: Compendium, 1964, ISBN 978-3-7873-0192-8 Nikolaus von Kues: Schriften des Nikolaus von Kues in deutscher Übersetzung. Meiner, Hamburg. Issue 2: Über den Beryll: Lateinisch–deutsch. 1976, 4th Edition 2002 (Philosophische Bibliothek 295), ISBN 978-3-7873-1608-3 Issue 16: Kompendium. Kurze Darstellung der philosophisch-theologischen Lehren. 4th Edition 1996 (Philosophische Bibliothek 267), ISBN 978-3-7873-1190-3 Issue 23: Tu quis es (De principio). Über den Ursprung. new Edition 2001 (Philosophische Bibliothek 487), ISBN 978-3-7873-1271-9 Issue 24: De venatione sapientiae. Die Jagd nach Weisheit. new Edition 2003 (Philosophische Bibliothek 549), ISBN 3-7873-1626-4 Expositio in Parmenidem Platonis. Winter, Heidelberg 1986 (Abhandlungen der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse), ISBN 978-3-5330-3746-0

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University of Cologne
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University of Cologne

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Who was Karl Bormann?

German philosopher (1928-2015)

When was Karl Bormann born?

Karl Bormann was born on 23 November 1928 in Monheim am Rhein.

When did Karl Bormann die?

Karl Bormann died on 17 August 2015 in Langenfeld.

What was Karl Bormann's occupation?

Karl Bormann was a philosopher and university teacher.

What nationality was Karl Bormann?

Karl Bormann was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Karl Bormann

· Wikidata: Q1730533

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