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- Born:
- November 25, 1862, Altkirch, Switzerland
- Died:
- May 18, 1906, Geneva (aged 43)
- Subjects Of Study:
- theism
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Gaston Frommel
Swiss philosopher and theologian
Gaston Frommel (born November 25, 1862, Altkirch, Switzerland—died May 18, 1906, Geneva) was a Swiss Protestant philosopher and theologian. Frommel attempted to base theism (the doctrine teaching the existence of a personal God), religious experience, and moral conscience on objective grounds, as opposed to the a priori categories and moral imperative posited by Immanuel Kant or the psychological constructions suggested by Friedrich Schleiermacher. Among his important writings are Études de théologie moderne (1909; “Studies in Modern Theology”) and Oeuvre systématique (1910–16; abridged Eng. trans., The Psychology of Christian Faith, 1928).
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