Ernst Melzer (September 21, 1835 – February 1, 1899) was a German

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born in the Silesian village of Leifersdorf. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Bonn, earning his doctorate in 1860. From 1868 to 1885 he taught classes in Neisse. He died in Bonn on February 1, 1899. Initially a prominent supporter of Güntherianism; in the 1870s he became involved with the German Old Catholic movement. He was the author of a biographical work on theologian

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called "''Johannes Baptista Baltzers Leben, Wirken und wissenschaftliche Bedeutung''" (1877). Other significant publications by Melzer include: * ''Goethes philosophische Entwicklung'' ( Goethe's philosophical development), 1884. * ''Erkenntnistheoretische Erörterungen über die Systeme von Ulrici und Günther'' (

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debates concerning the philosophical systems of

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), 1886. * ''Der Beweis für das Dasein Gottes und seine Persoenlichkeit'' (Evidence for the existence of God and his character), 1895.

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People from the Province of Silesia 1899 deaths 19th-century German educators German philosophers 1835 births German male writers {{Germany-academic-bio-stub