Schweitzer, Albert
亞爾薩斯出生的德國神學家、哲學家、風琴家和傳教醫生。早年曾獲得哲學學位（1899），併成為有成就的風琴師。在他為巴哈寫的傳記（2卷；1905）中，他認為巴哈是一名宗教神祕主義者。他還寫了有關風琴構造的書，並出版了一套巴哈的風琴作品。他的宗教書籍包括了對聖保羅的描述。他的《歷史真實中的耶穌之研究》（1910）造成了很廣泛的影響。1905年宣佈他將成為傳教士醫生，並獻身慈善工作。他和妻子在1913年遷往法屬赤道非洲的蘭巴雷內（今加彭省），並在當地人的幫助下在奧果韋河畔修建了醫院，後附加了一個麻瘋病治療區。1952年以「國家之間的友好兄弟關係」獲得了諾貝爾獎。在他去世前兩年，他的醫院和麻瘋病治療區已有五百名病人。他的哲學書討論了他着名的「對生命的尊重」的理論。
1875～1965年
Schweitzer, Albert
Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor. In his early years he took a degree in philosophy (1899) and became an accomplished organist. In his huge biography of J.S. Bach (2 vols., 1905), he viewed Bach as a religious mystic. He also wrote on organ construction and produced an edition of Bach's organ works. His books on religion include several on St. Paul; his Quest of the Historical Jesus (1910) became widely influential. In 1905 he announced he would become a mission doctor and devote himself to philanthropic work. He and his wife moved in 1913 to Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon), and with local helpers built a hospital on the banks of the Ogooué River, to which they later added a leper colony. In 1952 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on behalf of “the Brotherhood of Nations.” Two years before his death, his hospital and leper colony was serving 500 patients. His philosophical books discuss his famous principle of “reverence for life.”.
