Paul Tillich
Paul Tillich
Paul Johannes Tillichwas a German American Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth20 August 1886
CountryGermany
men moral abstract
In Calvinism and sectarianism man became more and more transformed into an abstract moral subject, as in Descartes he was considered an epistemological subject.
men together tragedy
Man and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation.
destiny strange given
Destiny is not a strange power which determines what shall happen to me. It is myself as given, formed by nature, history, and myself. My destiny is the basis of my freedom; my freedom participates in shaping my destiny.
faith states concerned
Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.
destiny men decision
But freedom is the possibility of a total and centered act of the personality, an act in which all the drives and influences which constitute the destiny of man are brought into the centered unity of a decision.
way neurosis avoiding
Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being.
kids parenting love-is
Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen."
philosophy roots tree
Astonishment is the root of philosophy.
pain grace strikes
Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness.
destiny men accountability
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.
names doctrine existential
...history has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines.
destiny cities humanity
The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in the destiny of [humanity] as a whole and in the destiny of their city in particular; for their acts in which freedom was united with destiny have contributed to the destiny in which they participate. They are guilty, not of committing the crimes of which their group is accused, but of contributing to the destiny in which these crimes happened.
success maturity achievement
The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements, as well as one's deepest failures is a definite symptom of maturity.
philosophical philosophical-questions answers
Only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers.