Ferdinand Ebner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferdinand Ebner

Austrian philosopher

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1882

Place of Birth: Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1931

Profession: philosopher

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ferdinand Ebner (January 31, 1882 in Wiener Neustadt – October 17, 1931 in Gablitz, Austria), was an Austrian elementary school teacher and philosopher.
Together with Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig, he is considered one of the most outstanding representatives of dialogical thinking.
Ebner's philosophy is about man existing in a I-Thou personal relationship with God and with others.
His thought has similarities with the Christian existentialism of Gabriel Marcel.
On the basis of the unity of I and Thou, which has in language (in the spoken word), and in love its expressions, Ebner developed a religiously informed philosophy of language which led to his practical-ethical understanding of the Christian faith as the basis for the personal fulfillment and the whole social progress.