Ernst Troeltsch

Ernst Troeltsch
Born	17 February 1865 Haunstetten, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	1 February 1923 Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Germany
Education
Alma mater	University of Erlangen University of Göttingen
Philosophical work
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Neo-Kantianism (Baden school) History of religions school Liberal Christianity Classical liberalism
Institutions	University of Göttingen University of Göttingen University of Bonn University of Heidelberg University of Berlin
Notable students	Gertrud von Le Fort Friedrich Gogarten
Main interests	Theology philosophy of history
Notable ideas	Three principles of historiography (principle of criticism, principle of analogy, principle of correlation)

Ernst Peter Wilhelm Troeltsch (/trɛltʃ/;^[1] German: [tʁœltʃ]; 17 February 1865 – 1 February 1923) was a German liberal Protestant theologian, a writer on the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of history, and a classical liberal politician. He was a member of the history of religions school. His 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.