Events
Publications
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Thomas Brown - ''Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind''
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (; ; 27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher. He is one of the most important figures in German idealism and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy. His influence extends ...
- ''
Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts''
Births
*22 January -
James Hutchison Stirling
James Hutchison Stirling (22 June 1820 – 19 March 1909) was a Scottish idealist philosopher and physician. His work ''The Secret of Hegel'' (1st edition, 1865, in 2 vols.; revised edition, 1898, in 1 vol.) gave great impetus to the study of H ...
, English philosopher (died
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Januar ...
)
*27 April –
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, psychologist, biologist, anthropologist, and sociologist famous for his hypothesis of social Darwinism. Spencer originated the expression "survival of the fittest" ...
, English philosopher and sociologist (died
1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...
)
*23 June – , German author and philosopher (died
1897
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City.
* January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...
)
*28 November –
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels ( ,["Engels"](_blank)
'' 1895
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
* January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
)
Deaths
*24 March –
Jean-Baptiste-René Robinet, French philosopher (born
1735
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Alexander Pope's poem ''Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot'' is published in London.
* January 8 – George Frideric Handel's opera ''Ariodante'' is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent G ...
)
*2 April –
Thomas Brown, Scottish philosopher and doctor (born
1778
Events
January–March
* January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he na ...
)
*20 July – , Swedish philosopher (born
1745
Events
January–March
* January 7 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Austrian Army, under the command of Field Marshal Károly József Batthyány, makes a surprise attack at Amberg and the winter quarters of the Bavaria ...
)
1820-1903
Image:Engels painting2.jpg, Friedrich Engels
1820-1895
Image:Thomas Brown philosopher.jpg, Thomas Brown
1778-1820
Image:Fremling, Mattias (av Martin David Roth).jpg, Mattias Fremling
1745-1820
References
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*Laurentiis, A, 2005, "Metaphysical Foundations of the History of Philosophy: Hegel's 1820 Introduction to the "Lectures on the History of Philosophy", The Review of Metaphysics, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 3–31, Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/20130575?seq=1
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