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Hubert Beckers (4 November 1806 – 10 March 1889) was a German philosopher known chiefly as an expositor of the philosophy of
Schelling Schelling is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Caroline Schelling (1763–1809), German intellectual * Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854), German philosopher * Felix Emanuel Schelling (1858–1945), American educat ...
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Biography

He was born at
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, and studied at the university there. In 1832 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the Lyceum at Dillingen, and in 1847 professor of philosophy at the
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. In 1853 he became a member of the
Bavarian Academy of Sciences The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledg ...
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Works

* ''Ueber das Wesen des Gefühles'' (1830) – On the essence of feeling.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works) * ''Cantica Spiritualia'' (Munich 1845–47). * ''Denkrede auf Schelling'' (Munich 1855) – Commemorative address of Schelling. * ''Ueber die Bedeutung der Schellingschen Metaphysik'' (Munich 1861) – On the significance of Schelling's metaphysics. * ''Ueber die Wahre und Bleibende Bedeutung der Naturphilosophie Schelling's'' (1864) – On the true and lasting significance of Schelling's natural philosophy. * ''Aphorismen über Tod und Unsterblichkeit'' (Munich 1889) – Aphorisms about death and immortality.


References

* * 1806 births 1889 deaths German philosophers Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich German male writers {{Germany-philosopher-stub