German poet and philosopher, b. at Nuremberg, 5 March, 1800; d. at Wurzburg, 14 December, 1875. He was educated at the gymnasium of his native city, at that time directed by the famous philosopher Hegel. In 1817 he entered the University of Erlangen as a student of theology, but abandoned that study for philosophy. For a number of years Daumer was professor at the gymnasium of Nuremberg; owing to ill-health he was pensioned in 1832 and henceforth devoted himself entirely to literary work. While at Erlangen he came strongly under the influence of Pietism. Soon, however, he became sceptical and exhibited decided leanings towards pantheism. From an orthodox Protestant he gradually became a bitter enemy of Christianity, which he attacked in a number of writings and for which he strove to substitute a new religion “of love and peace”, formulated in his work “Religion des neuen Weltalters” (Hamburg, 1850). Previous to this he had published a number of works, all of a distinctly anti-theological tendency, of which the more important are: “Philosophie, Religion, und Altertum” (Nuremberg, 1833); “Züge zu einer neuen Philosophie der Religion und Religionsgeschichte” (Nuremberg, 1835); “Der Feuer-und Molochdienst der Hebraer” (Brunswick, 1842); “Die Geheimnisse des christlichen Altertums” (Hamburg, 1847). Shortly after 1850 Daumer left Nuremberg and settled at Frankfort, where a great change soon came over him. In 1858 at Mainz he publicly embraced the Catholic Faith and thenceforth became its zealous defender. Among the works written after his conversion are: “Meine Konversion” (Mainz, 1859); “Aus der Mansarde” (1860-62); “Das Christentum und sein Urheber” (Mainz, 1864); “Das Wunder, seine Bedeutung, Wahrheit und Notwendigkeit” (Ratisbon, 1874). The last mentioned work is directed expressly against the opinions of David Strauss.<\/p>\n
Undoubtedly the best part of Daumer’s work is his poetry. His “Hafis” (Hamburg, 1846; a second collection, 1852) contains graceful but very free imitations of the songs of the famous Persian poet. In fact, these poems are really original productions, and some of them have become widely known through the musical settings of Brahms. This collection, as well as “Mahomed und sein Werk” (Hamburg, 1848), is distinctly directed against the hypocrisy and asceticism which at that time Daumer believed to be inseparable from orthodox Christianity. Among other poems may be mentioned: “Glorie der heiligen Jungfrau Maria” (Nuremberg, 1841); “Frauenbilder und Huldigungen” (Leipzig, 1853); “Marianische Legenden und Gedichte” (Munster, 1859) and “Schone Seelen” (Mainz, 1862).<\/p>\n
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The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IVCopyright © 1908 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat. Remy Lafort, CensorImprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York<\/p>\n
a Roman Catholic convert of Germany, was born at Nuremberg, March 5, 1800. He commenced studying theology at Erlangen, where he belonged to the so-called pietists. The lectures of Schelling made him give up theology, which he exchanged. at Leipsic for philology. In 1822 he was appointed teacher at the Latin school, and in 1827 at the gymnasium of his native place. In 1833 he resigned his position, joined in 1858 the Roman Catholic Church, and died December 14, 1875, at Wurzburg. He published, Urgeschichte des Menschengeistes (Nurnberg, 1827): Philosophie, Religion und Alterthum (1833): Ueber die Entwendung agyptischen Eigenthums heim Auszug der Israeliten aus Egyptent (ibid.): Polemische Blatter, betreffend Christenthum, Bibelglauben und Theologie (ibid. 1834): Zuge zu einer neuen Philosophic der Religion und Religionsgeschichte (ibid. 1835): Anthropologismus und Kriticismus der Gegenwart (ibid. 1844): Die Stimme der Warheit in den religiosen und confessionellen Kampfen der Gegenwart (ibid. 1845): Sabbath, Moloch und Tabu (ibid. 1839): Der Feuer- und Molochdienst der alten Hebraer (Braunschweig, 1842): Die Geheimnisse des christlichen Alterthums (Hamburg, 1847, 2 volumes): Die Religion des neuene Weltalters (ibid. 1850, 3 volumes): Meine Conversion Ein Stuck Seelen- und Zeitgeschichte (Mayence, 1859). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:265; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:197 sq.; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)<\/p>\n
Daumer, Georg Friedrich German poet and philosopher, b. at Nuremberg, 5 March, 1800; d. at Wurzburg, 14 December, 1875. He was educated at the gymnasium of his native city, at that time directed by the famous philosopher Hegel. In 1817 he entered the University of Erlangen as a student of theology, but abandoned that study … Continue reading “Daumer, Georg Friedrich”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}