Christian Martin Julius Frauenstädt (April 17, 1813,

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, Posen – January 13, 1879, Berlin) was a German student of philosophy. He was educated at the house of his uncle at

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to Christianity in 1833. Studying theology and, later, philosophy at

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, where he also worked as a private tutor. In Berlin, he met the philosopher

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and took up his residence in 1848. Frauenstädt was a disciple of

, as is shown by his works. He wrote: * ''Studien und Kritiken zur Theologie und Philosophie'', Berlin, 1840 * ''Ueber das Wahre Verhältniss der Vernunft zur Offenbarung'', Darmstadt, 1848 * ''Aesthetische Fragen'', Dessau, 1853 * ''Die Naturwissenschaft in Ihrem Einfluss auf Poesie, Religion, Moral, und Philosophie'', 1855 * ''Der Materialismus, Seine Wahrheit und Sein Irrthum'', 1856 (written against

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) * ''Briefe über die Natürliche Religion'', 1858 * ''Lichtstrahlen aus Immanuel Kant's Werken'', 1872. Schopenhauer made Frauenstädt his

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, to undertake the editing of his works. Among Frauenstädt's works relating especially to Schopenhauer are: * ''Briefe über die Schopenhauer'sche Philosophie'', Leipzig, 1854 * ''Lichtstrahlen aus Schopenhauer's Werken'', 1862, 7th ed. 1891 (with Otto Lindner) * ''Schopenhauer, von Ihm und über Ihn'', Berlin, 1863 * ''Aus Schopenhauer's Handschriftlichem Nachlass'', Leipzig, 1864 * ''Das Sittliche Leben'', 1866 * Blicke in die Intellektuelle, Physische, und Moralische Welt, 1869; ''Schopenhauer-Lexikon'', 1871 * ''Neue Briefe über die Schopenhauer'sche Philosophie'', 1876. He edited ''Gesammtausgabe der Werke Schopenhauers'', 6 vols., 1873–74, 2d ed. 1877.

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, ''Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert: Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit, 1848–1914''. Munich: Oldenbourg, 1998. *F. A. de Le Roi, ''Geschichte der Evangelischen Judenmission'' (2 vols.), 1899 , p. 215; *

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