Ernst Christian Gottlieb Reinhold (18 October 1793 – 17 September 1855) was a

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. He was the son of

Karl Leonhard Reinhold Karl Leonhard Reinhold (26 October 1757 – 10 April 1823) was an Austrian philosopher who helped to popularise the work of Immanuel Kant in the late 18th century. His "elementary philosophy" (''Elementarphilosophie'') also influenced German ideal ...

and grandchild of

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. He at first lectured on philosophy at the

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, and afterwards was appointed professor of

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and

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at the

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. His philosophical system resembles

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

's.

Works

* ''Versuch einer Begründung und neuen Darstellung der logischen Formen'' (1819). * ''Grundzüge eines Systems der Erkenntnisslehre und Denklehre'' (1822). * ''Die Logik oder die allgemeine Denkformenlehre'' (1827)
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* ''Beitrag zur Erläuterung der pythagoreischen Metaphysik'' (1827). * ''Handbuch der allgemeinen Geschichte der Philosophie'' (1828–1830). 2 volumes (in 3). ** , 1828
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** , 1845. 2 Volumes. ''Geschichte der Philosophie nach den Hauptmomenten ihrer Entwickelung''. ***
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* ''Theorie des menschlichen Erkenntnissvermögens und Metaphysik'' (1832–35). 2 volumes. ** , 1832. ** , 1835
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* ''Lehrbuch der philosophisch-propädeutischen Psychologie nebst den Grundlagen der formalen Logik'' (1835). ** , 1839. ''Lehrbuch der philosophisch-propädeutischen Psychologie und formale Logik''. * ''Lehrbuch der Geschichte der Philosophie'' (1836). , 1839. , 1849. * ''Die Wissenschaften der praktischen Philosophie im Grundrisse'' (1837). 3 volumes
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* ''System der Metaphysik'' (1842). , 1854. * ''Ueber das Wesen der Religion und seinen Ausdruck im evangelischen Christenthum'' (1846).

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External links

* Obituary in ''The Criterion'' (1856)
vol. 1, no. 6, p. 91
* Biography in Ludwig Noack's ''Philosophie-geschichtliches Lexikon'' (1879)
pp. 737-38
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