EP316 他是哲學博士、管風琴大師，卻選擇去非洲學醫蓋醫院｜史懷哲

如果你已經是哲學博士、神學博士、歐洲頂尖管風琴演奏家，你會選擇在三十歲的時候放棄這一切去重新讀醫學院嗎？史懷哲做了這個選擇。 一八七五年出生於德法邊境的阿爾薩斯，史懷哲的人生從一開始就是多線並行的奇蹟。他師從管風琴大師威多爾，出版了至今仍是學術經典的巴赫研究專著，同時在神學和哲學領域達到頂尖水平。然而，一篇描述非洲醫療困境的雜誌文章，在他腦海裡留下了一個無法消除的畫面。 他決定去非洲行醫。不是短期義診，而是用餘生。 一九一三年，他和護士妻子海倫抵達法屬赤道非洲的蘭巴雷內，在一個廢棄雞舍裡開設了第一間診所。瘧疾、昏睡病、麻瘋病——他在歐洲醫學院從未見過的疾病，成為他每天要面對的現實。 在非洲的某個暮色河流上，他想到了四個字：敬畏生命。這個哲學概念後來成為他一生最重要的思想遺產。 一九五二年，史懷哲獲頒諾貝爾和平獎，將全部獎金用於建設麻瘋病村。他在颁獎演講中呼籲全球停止核試驗，這在冷戰最激烈的年代需要極大的勇氣。 今天的沉思者J，我們走進這個在叢林深夜獨自彈奏巴赫的男人的世界。 If you were already a Doctor of Philosophy, a Doctor of Theology, and one of the most celebrated organists in Europe, would you choose at the age of thirty to walk away from all of it and start medical school from the beginning? That is exactly what Albert Schweitzer did. Born in 1875 in the Alsace region on the French-German border, Schweitzer lived what seemed like several lives in one. He studied under the legendary organist Charles-Marie Widor and produced a landmark scholarly work on Johann Sebastian Bach that remains foundational in musicology. At the same time he earned two doctorates and established himself as a leading voice in theology and philosophy. Then a magazine article about the desperate lack of medical care in central Africa left an image in his mind he could not remove. He decided to go to Africa to practice medicine. Not for a short visit. For the rest of his life. In 1913, he and his nurse wife Helene arrived at Lambarene in French Equatorial Africa and set up their first clinic in an abandoned chicken coop. Malaria, sleeping sickness, leprosy -- diseases he had never encountered in European medical training became his daily reality. During a boat journey on the Ogooue River, four words rose up in his mind: Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben. Reverence for life. This philosophical concept would become the most lasting part of his intellectual legacy. In 1952 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, donating the entire sum to build a leprosy village. His Nobel lecture called for an end to nuclear testing at the height of the Cold War -- a position that required genuine moral courage. Today on Thinker J, we step into the world of the man who played Bach alone in the African jungle at midnight. 史懷哲, Albert Schweitzer, 沉思者J, Thinker J, 向大師致敬, 諾貝爾和平獎, 敬畏生命, 人道主義, 非洲醫療, 管風琴, 巴赫研究, 哲學家, 神學家, 蘭巴雷內, 加彭, 偉大人物, 歷史人物, Jenny, 傳記, 勵志 Powered by Firstory Hosting