This collection contains manuscripts by Ernst Marcus, as well as notes and diaries in which he recorded his philosophical ideas. Some of his articles are collected in form of newspaper clippings. In addition, there is the philosophical correspondence with Rebecca Hanf and Salomo Friedlaender

Manuscript by Robert Marcus, "Notizen und Entwuerfe von Ernst Marcus," 1965, German, 83 p.; typed, xeroxed, edited by his son, Robert Marcus

Diaries, 1902-1928, photocopy

Appended is an introduction to the work by S. Friedlaender-Mynona: "Kant's Thronerbe. Erinnerungen an Ernst Marcus". 3 p

Clippings, reviews, photos, reminiscences by Rebecca Hanf, correspondence by Eva Rosenberg-Marcus to rabbi Hugo Hahn, poems, manuscript by Karl Rosenberg, "Betrachtungen ueber die Physik zum 100. Geburtstag des Philosophen Ernst Marcus," 1956, 16 pp. [AR 291]

Rosenberg, Karl ; Hahn, Hugo ; Rosenberg-Marcus, Eva ; Marcus, Robert

Ernst Marcus was born September 3, 1856, in Kamen in Westphalia. He studied law in Bonn and Berlin. In 1889, while working as an assessor, he became interested in philosophical questions. In 1890 he became a judge in Essen. He married Berta Auerbach in 1893, and they had three children. In 1899 he started meeting with the philosopher Salomo Friedlaender. Very early, Friedlaender became aware of Ernst Marcus's potential and the relevance of his ideas. He supported him and admired his theses. When Friedlaender published under the pseudonym Mynona he even used Marcus as a figure called "Sucram". In 1904 Ernst Marcus met Rebecca Hanf, who was interested in philosophy as well. They became friends and corresponded until Marcuss death

Philosophically, Ernst Marcus dealt with Immanuel Kant's and Albert Einstein's theories. Ernst Marcus regarded himself as the "one who resurrected Kant from death and who understood Kant utterly". Ernst Marcus died in Essen on October 29, 1928

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