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Friedrich Ueberweg (; 22 January 1826 – 9 June 1871), was a German
philosopher
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and
historian of philosophy
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.
Biography
Friedrich Ueberweg was born in
Leichlingen
Leichlingen (officially Leichlingen (Rheinland); Ripuarian: ''Lëijchlinge'') is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Leichlingen is a centre for apple and berry growing in the region.
Geography
Leichlingen ...
, Rhineland. His parents were Johann Gottlob Friedrich Ueberweg (19 August 1797 - 9 February 1826), who was pastor of a Lutheran church in Leichlingen, and Helene Boeddinghaus (24 October 1798 - 8 August 1868). Helene was a daughter of Karl Theodor Boeddinghaus (21 February 1765 - 27 December 1842), who was a Lutheran pastor in the neighboring town of Ronsdorf.
Educated at the
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...
and the
Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...
, Friedrich qualified at the
University of Bonn
The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...
as
Privatdozent
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in philosophy (1852). In 1862 he was called to the
University of Königsberg
The University of Königsberg (german: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Prussi ...
as extraordinary professor, and in 1867 he was promoted to the grade of professor ordinarius. He married Anna Henriette Luise Panzenhagen (24 August 1844 - 16 March 1909) on 1 September 1863, in
Pillau
Baltiysk (russian: Балти́йск; german: Pillau; Old Prussian: ''Pillawa''; pl, Piława; lt, Piliava; Yiddish: פּילאַווע, ''Pilave'') is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Ru ...
,
Province of Prussia
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. Ueberweg died in
Königsberg
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in 1871.
Philosophy
At first Ueberweg followed the
empiricism
In philosophy, empiricism is an epistemological theory that holds that knowledge or justification comes only or primarily from sensory experience. It is one of several views within epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism. Empir ...
of
Friedrich Eduard Beneke
Friedrich Eduard Beneke (; 17 February 1798 – c. 1 March 1854) was a German psychologist and post-Kantian philosopher.
Life
Beneke was born in Berlin. He studied at the universities of University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle and Humboldt Unive ...
(1798-1854), and strongly opposed the
subjectivistic tendency of the
Kantian
Kantianism is the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher born in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). The term ''Kantianism'' or ''Kantian'' is sometimes also used to describe contemporary positions in philosophy of mind, ...
system, maintaining in particular the
objectivity of
space and time Space and Time or Time and Space, or ''variation'', may refer to:
* ''Space and time'' or ''time and space'' or ''spacetime'', any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single interwoven continuum
* Philosophy of space and time
Sp ...
, which involved him in a somewhat violent controversy. His own mode of thought he preferred later to describe as an ideal
realism
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In the arts
*Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts
Arts movements related to realism include:
*Classical Realism
*Literary realism, a move ...
, which refused to reduce
reality
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to
thought
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, but asserted a parallelism between the forms of
existence
Existence is the ability of an entity to interact with reality. In philosophy, it refers to the ontology, ontological Property (philosophy), property of being.
Etymology
The term ''existence'' comes from Old French ''existence'', from Medieval ...
and the forms of
knowledge
Knowledge can be defined as awareness of facts or as practical skills, and may also refer to familiarity with objects or situations. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional knowledge, is often defined as true belief that is distinc ...
. Beneke and
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (; 21 November 1768 – 12 February 1834) was a German Reformed theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional P ...
exercised most influence upon the development of his thought.
Selected works
*''De elementis animae mundi Platonicae'' (''On the elements of the
Platonic world of ideas''), Dissertation, 1850
*''Die Entwicklung des Bewußtseins durch den Lehrer und Erzieher'' (''The development of consciousness by the teacher and educator''), 1853
*''System der Logik und Geschichte der logischen Lehren'' (''System of Logic and History of Logical Doctrines''), 1857
*''Über Idealismus, Realismus und Idealrealismus'' (''On
idealism
In philosophy, the term idealism identifies and describes metaphysical perspectives which assert that reality is indistinguishable and inseparable from perception and understanding; that reality is a mental construct closely connected to ide ...
, realism and ideal-realism''), 1859
*''Über die Echtheit und Zeitfolge der platonischen Schriften'' (''On the authenticity and chronology of the Platonic writings''), 1861
*''
Grundriß der Geschichte der Philosophie'' (''Sketch of the history of philosophy''), I–III, 1863–1866
*''Schiller als Historiker und Philosoph'' (''Schiller as historian and philosopher''), 1884
*''Die Welt- und Lebensanschauung Friedrich Ueberwegs in seinem gesammelten philosophisch-kritischen Abhandlungen'' (''Collected philosophical papers''), Leipzig: Gustav Engel, 1889
Ueberweg's compendious ''Sketch of the History of Philosophy'' (3 vols., 1863–1866) is regarded by many academics and scholars as remarkable for its fullness of information, conciseness, accuracy and impartiality.
References
Sources
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Friedrich Albert Lange
Friedrich Albert Lange (; 28 September 1828 – 21 November 1875) was a German philosopher and sociologist.
Biography
Lange was born in Wald, near Solingen, the son of the theologian, Johann Peter Lange. He was educated at Duisburg, Zürich an ...
(1828-1875) - ''Friedrich Ueberweg'' (Berlin, 1871)
**
Moritz Brasch Moritz Brasch (18 August 1843 in Zempelburg, Prussia, now Sępólno Krajeńskie – 14 September 1895 in Leipzig) was a German philosopher and man of letters.
He was educated at the universities of Berlin, Greifswald, and Jena, settling at Berlin o ...
(1843-1895) - ''Die Welt und Lebensanschauung Friedrich Ueberwegs'' (Leipzig, 1889)
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