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Eduard von Hartmann
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Key facts
- Born
- Karl Robert Eduard Hartmann , ( 1842-02-23 ) 23 February 1842, Berlin , Brandenburg , Prussia , German Confederation
- Died
- 5 June 1906 (1906-06-05) (aged 64), Groß-Lichterfelde , Berlin , Brandenburg , Prussia , Germany
- Occupations
- Philosopher, independent scholar, writer
- Spouses
- Agnes Taubert ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1872 ; died 1877 ) Alma Lorenz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1878 )
- Family
- Robert von Hartmann (father)
- Education
- United Artillery and Engineering School University of Rostock (Ph.D., 1867)
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Post-Kantian philosophy Transcendental realism Metaphysical voluntarism Post-Schopenhauerian pessimism Pantheism Irrationalism
- Main interests
- Aesthetics Epistemology Metaphysics Psychology
- Notable works
- Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869)
- Notable ideas
- Theory of the U unconscious ( reason and will as irreducible to each other) Pessimistic interpretation of the " best of all possible worlds " theory
- Allegiance
- Prussia
- Branch
- Prussian Army
- Rank
- First lieutenant
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karl
- Family name
- Hartmann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Rostock
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- The unconscious
- Movement
- irrationalism
- Image
- Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (Photographic portrait).jpg
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- Commons category
- Eduard von Hartmann
- date of birth
- 1842-01-01
- date of death
- 1906-01-01
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- Commons gallery
- Eduard von Hartmann
- influenced by
- Charles Darwin
- writing language
- German
- pseudonym
- Carl Robert
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- archives at
- Württembergische Landesbibliothek
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Eduard von Hartmann, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Collected studies and essays of public understandable content
Picture and song
Neukantianism, Schopenhauerianism and Hegelianism in their position on the philosophical tasks of the present
The “Thing” and its nature: Kantian studies on epistemology and metaphysics
Selected works. 4, Philosophy of Beauty: Second Systematic Theil of Aesthetics
Selected works. 3, Aesthetics; First historical-critical Theil, German Aesthetics since Kant
The core social questions
Collected philosophical treatises on the philosophy of the unconscious
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Encyclopedic overview
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (23 February 1842 – 5 June 1906) was a German philosopher, independent scholar and writer. He was the author of the influential Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869). von Hartmann's notable ideas include the theory of the Unconscious and a pessimistic interpretation of the "best of all possible worlds" concept in metaphysics.
Biography
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