!!!Ebner, Ferdinand

b. Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria), Jan. 31, 1882, 
d. Gablitz (Lower Austria) Oct. 17, 1931, philosopher and educator; 
uncle of Jeannie  Ebner. 1902-1923 primary school teacher in Lower 
Austria; one of the forerunners of existentialism, also involved in 
the "Brenner-Kreis" (Brenner Circle); his philosophy of life, which 
was influenced by H. Bergson and by H. Swoboda from Vienna, considered 
fulfilment and momentary productive genius as the highest ethical 
value in life. Along with M.  Buber, founded the philosophy of 
dialogical personalism.

!Publications
Das Wort und die geistigen Realitaeten, 1921; Wort und 
Liebe, 1935; Das Wort ist der Weg, 1949; Schriften, 3 vols., 
1963-1965.

!Literature
W. L. Hohmann, F. E., 1995; H. G. Hoedl, Decodierungen der 
Metaphysik, 1998; OeBL; NDB.



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