Writing after the First World War, Schweitzer asks why Western civilization has lost its ethical force. He surveys the attempts of thinkers from the Greeks and Romans through the Renaissance, Kant, Fichte and Hegel to ground ethics in an optimistic view of the world, finds each wanting, and proposes in their place an ethic of reverence for life.
The central philosophical work of the doctor, organist and Nobel Peace laureate, in C. T. Campion’s translation. Download the free EPUB.