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Three topics preoccupied me during my childhood: science, religion and politics.
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This text was first published in: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Bewußtseinswandel [literally: “Change of Consiousness”] (München–Wien: Hanser, 1988): 354–361. It was translated for this volume by Ms. Ann Hentschel with the financial support of the Udo Keller Foundation.
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In: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Der Garten des Menschlichen (München: Hanser, 81984): 553–597 [translation]: The Ambivalence of Progress (New York: Paragon House, 1988): 1–30.
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In: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Der bedrohte Friede (München: Hanser, 41983): 448, 571–573.
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I reported about all of this in ‘Selbstdarstellung’, in: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Der Garten des Menschlichen (München: Hanser, 41984): 553–597 [translated as ‘Self-Portrait’] in: The Ambivalence of Progress (New York: Paragon House, 1988): 1–30.
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These biographical Notes were compiled by the editor based on these sources: Castell, Lutz; Ischebeck, Ottfried (Ed.): Time, Quantum and Information: dedicated to C.F. von Weizsäcker in commemoration of his 90th birthday. (Berlin—Heidelberg: Springer, 2003); Drieschner, Michael; Mersch, Dieter; Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich von: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker zur Einführung (Hamburg: 11992): 83; Görnitz, Thomas: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. Ein Denker an der Schwelle zum neuen Jahrtausend (Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1992); Hentschel Klaus; Hoffmann Dieter (Eds.): Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Physik – Philosophie – Friedensforschung. Acta Historica Leopoldina (Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 2014); Wein, Martin: Die Weizsäckers. Geschichte einer deutschen Familie (Stuttgart: DVA, 1988); see for more details at: http://www.cfvw.org/gesellschaft/cf-v-weizsaecker/17-carl-friedrich-von-weizsaecker; and http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_von_Weizs%C3%A4cker.
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von Weizsäcker, C.F. (2015). Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker’s Autobiography in Reflexion—Soliloquy. In: Bartosch, U. (eds) Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Pioneer of Physics, Philosophy, Religion, Politics and Peace Research. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13446-8_1
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