Theobald Ziegler was a German

Germany

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 philosopher and educator who was a native of Göppingen

Göppingen

Göppingen is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. It is situated at the bottom of the Hohenstaufen mountain, in the valley of the river Fils....

, Württemberg

Württemberg

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Career

Ziegler studied theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

 and philosophy

Philosophy

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 at the University of Tübingen, and later was a secondary school teacher in Heilbronn

Heilbronn

Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn County and with approximately 123.000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....

, Winterthur

Winterthur

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 and Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...

. During this time period he also taught classes at Tübinger Stift

Tübinger Stift

The Tübinger Stift is a hall of residence and teaching; it is owned and supported by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg, and located in the university city of Tübingen, in South West Germany. The Stift was originally founded as an Augustinian monastery in the Middle Ages...

, and in 1882 became Konrektor of a Protestant secondary school in Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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. In 1886 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Strasbourg

University of Strasbourg

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Published works

Among his written works was a biography

Biography

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 of David Friedrich Strauss, and a 1900 publication on Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...

 that was based on lectures Ziegler gave in 1897-98. Other important publications by Ziegler include:

• Geschichte der christlichen Ethik, (History of Christian Ethics), 1886
• Sittliches Sein und sittliches Werden: Grundlinien eines Systems der Ethik, 1890
• Religion und Religionen, (Religion and Religions), 1893
• Geschichte der Pädagogik, (History of Education), 1895
• Die geistigen und socialen strömungen des neunzehnten jahrhunderts (The Intellectual and Social Currents of the 19th century), 1899

Today, in Frankfurt am Main the "Theobald-Ziegler-Schule" primary school is named in his honor.