阿尔伯特·史怀哲（1875-1965）

德国著名哲学家、音乐家、神学家、医学家、人道主义者，被称为二十世纪最伟大的精神之父。

1913年他来到灾难深重的非洲加蓬，建立了丛林诊所，开始从事医疗援助工作50年，直至去世，被誉为“非洲圣人”，他的名字也几乎成了“人类爱”的代名词。1915年他提出“敬畏生命”的理念，将伦理学的范围由人扩展到所有生命，成为生命伦理学的奠基人。1952年，他获得诺贝尔和平奖，成为历史上首位最无争议诺贝尔和平奖奖得主，受到全世界的尊敬和推崇。

他亲历了20世纪两次世界大战，目睹了人间各色的痛苦颠沛、压迫折磨和冷酷杀戮，也感受了苦难环境中如烛火般细微脆弱的人间温情，由此唤起他心灵深处对战争与和平、掠夺与谦守、贪婪与节制、文明与野蛮、征服与敬畏的生命反思。他传奇的一生，映照出一个伟大的生命风景，彰显出人文关怀在人类社会的终极价值！

" Out of My Life and Thought shatters the old myth and allows us to glimpse the real Albert Schweitzer, a man whose moral example is as relevant and compelling in the 1990s as it was in the 1930s on first publication. Eloquent and heartfelt."-- Los Angeles Times</P>

Of the many highly esteemed books Albert Schweitzer penned in his life, he valued his autobiography the most. He had become a legend and he wanted to remind readers that he was just a man, and a man who had learned from many others. He had been fortunate to be in the right places at the right times, to meet people of thought and sympathy. He wanted to report his debts to them. He wanted to clarify his reasons and methods for his undertakings and to respond to some of his critics. And, he wished to honor something greater than he was--reverence for life. Reverence for Life became his life's motto, and it brought him pain as well as joy as he sought to respect how precious and unique each life is. Schweitzer believed there was a way to live in the world, accept it, take joy from it--and who could know this better than a man who had placed himself so much in it, given so much for it, and had been ready to receive experience as a gift to be thankful for. </P>

In addition to a preface by Rhena Schweitzer Miller and Antje Bultmann Lemke, this translation incorporates revisions and additions Schweitzer made for the French translation of 1960 and those he made for thirty years in his own copy of the original German edition. </P>

"This fascinating volume is the autobiography of the world-famous missionary doctor, organist, philosopher, theologian, and Nobel Peace Prize-winner, newly translated, researched, and corrected on the basis of recently discovered material."-- Booklist</P>

"An authentic twentieth-century classic. Few books in our time have had a greater impact on the life and values of untold numbers of people."--Norman Cousins</P>