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Erich Przywara SJ (12 October 1889 – 28 September 1972) was a Jesuit priest, philosopher, and theologian of German - Polish origin, who was one of the first Catholics to engage in dialogue with modern philosophers, especially those of the phenomenological tradition.
Jul 14, 2022 · The author analyzes the unique and dynamic thinking of Erich Przywara, a German philosopher who developed a metaphysics based on analogy and theocentrism. He praises Przywara's method of penetrating into the depths of being and essence, and his synthesis of historical and philosophical phenomena.
Feb 7, 2023 · A tribute to the Jesuit philosopher, theologian, critic, and poet Erich Przywara, who influenced Barth, Stein, and von Balthasar. Learn about his life, works, and legacy in the German Catholic tradition.
Jun 22, 2020 · This article seeks to describe Przywara’s late reception of Luther, including its historical circumstances and Przywara’s engagement with Luther scholarship, and to assess Przywara’s use and sharp criticism of Luther in his theology of exchange.
Jun 17, 2020 · In the Anglophone world the Jesuit philosopher and theologian Erich Przywara (1889-1972) tends to be known almost exclusively to Balthasar and Barth scholars (as an important mentor to the former and a formidable nemesis of the latter).
Erich Przywara on Ultimate Reality and Meaning: Deus Semper Major 'God Ever Greater' James V. Zeitz, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A. 1. LIFE AND WORK. Erich Przywara was born in 1889 in Kattowitz, Oberschlesien (now Poland) into a family of merchants (Zimny, 1963).
Erich Przywara SJ (1889-1972) was a German-Polish philosopher and theologian. Best known for synthesizing the thought of prominent thinkers around the notion of the analogy of being, he also authored a three-volume philosophic commentary to Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises, “Deus Semper Maior”.
