Philosopher, born in Aurich, NW Germany. He studied at the University of Göttingen, then became professor of philosophy at Basel (18714) and at Jena (18741920). He propounded a distinctive philosophy of ethical activism, and sought to identify and vindicate the spiritual significance of history and life. In his writings he strongly criticized naturalist philosophy, and Der Sozialismus und seine Lebensgestaltung (1920, Socialism: an Analysis) is an attack on socialism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1908.
Rudolf Christoph Eucken (January 5, 1846 - September 15, 1926) was a German philosopher, and the winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature.
He was born in Aurich, Hanover (now Germany), and studied at Göttingen University and Berlin University. He believed that people should overcome their non-spiritual nature by continuous efforts to achieve a spiritual life. his best-known works are:
Die Lebensanschauungen der großen Denker (1890) (The Problem of Human Life as Viewed by the Great Thinkers) Der Kampf um einen geistigen Lebensinhalt (1896) (The Struggle for a Spiritual Content of Life), Der Wahrheitsgehalt der Religion (1901) (The Truth of Religion), Grundlinien einer neuen Lebensanschauung (1907) (Life's Basis and Life's Ideal: The Fundamentals of a New Philosophy of Life), Der Sinn und Wert des Lebens (1908) (The Meaning and Value of Life) Geistige Strömungen der Gegenwart (1908) (Main Currents of Modern Thought) Können wir noch Christen sein? (1911) (Can We Still Be Christians?). Present Day Ethics in their Relation to the Spiritual Life (1913) (Deem Lectures given at New York University) Der Sozialismus und seine Lebensgestaltung (1920) (Socialism: an Analysis)He delivered lectures in England in 1911 and spent six months lecturing at Harvard University and elsewhere in the United States in 1912-1913.
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