Paul Flechsig - Fürst unter den Geistern

In the organizer's words:

Lecture: Historical facts from the region
Paul Flechsig - Prince among the ghosts
Speaker: Prof. Thomas Arendt

The University of Oxford called Paul Flechsig "prince among ghosts" when he was awarded an honorary doctorate. Flechsig, who once lived in the beautiful villa in Gautzscher Mehringstraße, is largely responsible for Leipzig University becoming one of the "main centers of neurological research" at the end of the 19th century. In his programmatic inaugural address to the rectorship of the alma mater in 1894, entitled "Brain and Soul", he explains his strictly materialistic view of the mind-body problem, thereby laying the foundations for scientifically based brain research far into the future. In Prof. Arendt's lecture, this basic principle will be explained in more detail using the example of Alzheimer's disease, a current field of research at the Paul Flechsig Institute, and current trends in prevention and therapy research will be discussed.

presented by Kulturgeschichte Markkleeberg e.V.