"Even when discoursing on complex or esoteric ideas, Marti's talent as an educator shone through. I recall hearing him lecture
to our six year old twins about Schelling's concept of identity-and they seemed to understand what he was saying! He did have
a wonderful sense of how to explain even the most obscure philosophical doctrine in plain language, perhaps because to him
they were not obscure."
- Dr. Paul Farber, Oregon State University, 2003
Fritz Marti (1894-1991), was a Swiss-born philosophy professor well-known as an expert on post-Kantian idealism. His papers
contain
a significant trove of correspondence, including letters with such figures as
Jacques Barzun, Walter Lippman and Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John
Kennedy. The archive likewise features a wide swath of biographical items,
speeches, research notes and ruminations on the state of education world-wide.
One particular highlight is an annotated manuscript of Marti's unpublished
translation of Friedrich Schelling's "
The Method of University Studies."
Marti's papers also feature a series of notes concerning a variety of subjects, with a
particular focus on philosophies of education, philosophies of religion and the
culture and history of Switzerland. The archive likewise includes an assortment
of biographical materials detailing the lives of both Marti and his family.
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