15 Facts About Ernst Troeltsch

Ernst Troeltsch was a member of the history of religions school.

Ernst Troeltsch's work was a synthesis of a number of strands, drawing on Albrecht Ritschl, Max Weber's conception of sociology, and the Baden school of neo-Kantianism.

Ernst Troeltsch then attended university, at the University of Erlangen and then at the University of Gottingen.

Ernst Troeltsch viewed the creation of capitalism as having been the result of the specific Protestant sects named by Weber, rather than as a result of Protestantism as a whole.

Ernst Troeltsch interpreted non-Calvinist Protestantism as having had a positive effect on the development of the press, modern education systems, and politics.

Ernst Troeltsch sought to explain the decline of religion in the modern era by studying the historical evolution of religion in society.

Ernst Troeltsch described European civilization as having three periods: ancient, medieval, and modern.

Ernst Troeltsch's principles were used to account for historians' biases.

Ernst Troeltsch surmised that judgments about the past must be varied.

Ernst Troeltsch argued that the probability of analogies cannot usually be validated.

Ernst Troeltsch presented human nature as being fairly constant throughout time.

In regard to historical events, Ernst Troeltsch determined that humanity's historical life is interdependent upon each individual.

Ernst Troeltsch determines that in historical explanation, it is important to include antecedents and consequences of events in an effort to maintain historical events in their conditioned time and space.

Ernst Troeltsch was politically a classical liberal and served as a member of the Parliament of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

From 1960 onwards Ernst Troeltsch's thought has enjoyed a revival.