The furnishings in the house are reminiscent of the living conditions of 1900. In the barn, pictures and texts are used to illustrate the life and work of the "philosopher from Münster". In addition, a small village library was set up in the Peter Wust House, which is looked after by volunteers.
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The philosopher Peter Wust was born here on August 28, 1884, the eldest of 10 children, the son of the sieve maker Jacob Wust and his wife Anna, née Fexmer.
After graduating from high school in 1907, he studied philosophy for two semesters in Berlin, including with Friedrich Paulsen, and also - as a day job - English and German with the aim of becoming a high school teacher.
In 1908 he moved to the University of Strasbourg. There he studied mainly with the philosopher Clemens Baeumker, a Catholic historian of philosophy who made a particular contribution to researching medieval philosophy.
In 1910 he took his state examination in philology and then worked for 20 years in higher education, including in Neuss, Trier and Cologne.
Wust was faced with “the conflict between bread and butter science” early on (Complete Works, Vol. V, p. 243). “In order to create a certain outlet for myself,” writes Wust, “I went to Bonn in late autumn 1911 and spoke to Professor Oswald Külpe about my urgent desire to study philosophy intensively alongside my teaching. At first he was very hesitant to give me a special topic for any work. But finally he gave in and commissioned me to examine the ‘logic of the humanities’ in the philosophy of John Stuart Mill, the most famous empiricist in English philosophy since David Hume.” (Vol. V, p. 247) In 1914 Wust received his doctorate in philosophy with this work.
In October 1930, Wust was then - unexpectedly for him - appointed to the chair of the philosopher Max Ettlinger, who died in 1929, in Münster. He taught here until his death on April 3, 1940 in Münster.
Peter Wust's birthplace was built in 1841. It is a small terraced house that was built with the utmost economy and provided space for a not too large family with a few small livestock.
The furnishings in the house are reminiscent of living conditions in 1900. In the barn, pictures and texts are used to illustrate the life and work of the "philosopher from Münster". In addition, a small village library was set up in the Peter Wust House, which is looked after by volunteers.
Peter Wust Trail from Rissenthal to Wahlen
"For a year and a half, since that June morning of the first Latin lesson, I hiked almost daily over the heights of Rissenthal to Wahlen to be introduced to the elements of the Roman language... Back then, in the Wahlen period (1889-1900), I had the rare fortune of enjoying nature and the spiritual world in beautiful, harmonious unity right next to and with each other."
From: Peter Wust: Gestalten und Gedanken. Looking back on my life, Kösel-Verlag Munich, 6th edition 1961, p. 139 f.
The trail begins here at the house where Peter Wust was born. It is a circular route of around 8.8 km to Wahlen and back to the house where he was born. On the route between Rissenthal and the Wahlen parish church of St. Helena, there are ten "milestones" with quotes from Peter Wust. They invite you to linger, reflect and talk. The landmark is a white hammer on a black background – the tool of the sieve maker
