Karl Friedrich Köppen (26 April 1808 – 26 April 1863) was a German teacher and political journalist. He was one of the

Young Hegelians The Young Hegelians (german: Junghegelianer), or Left Hegelians (''Linkshegelianer''), or the Hegelian Left (''die Hegelsche Linke''), were a group of German intellectuals who, in the decade or so after the death of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ...

Life

Köppen was from a born in a pastor's family in

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. He studied theology at the

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from 1827 to 1831, but later turned to religio-critical Hegelianism. After his studies and military service in 1833, he taught at the secondary school Dorotheenstädtischer. In 1837, he met

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

, with whom he developed a close friendship. In 1840 he became one of the most active associates of

Arnold Ruge Arnold Ruge (13 September 1802 – 31 December 1880) was a German philosopher and political writer. He was the older brother of Ludwig Ruge. Studies in university and prison Born in Bergen auf Rügen, he studied in Halle, Jena and Heidelberg. ...

, the founder of the Hallischen Jahrbücher (1841: Deutsche Jahrbücher). He wrote many reviews on political and scientific literature. Contemporary journalistic practice has been strongly influenced by his opinions reviews. He thus began a renewal of the Enlightenment as Köppen's criticism of classical literature, idealist philosophy and Romanticism. Köppen's views were deeply indebted to Karl Marx and he dedicated his book ''Frederick the Great and his Opponents'' to Marx. Foster, John Bellamy (2000), ''Marx's Ecology'', New York: Monthly Review Press, p 51 He died in

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Works

*Literarische Einleitung in die nordische Mythologie. Berlin: Bechtold und Hartje, 1837
Friedrich der Große und seine Widersacher
Leipzig: Verlag Otto Wigand, 1840 *Die Religion des Buddha. 2 vol., Berlin: F. Schneider 1857–1859
Vol. 1Vol. 2
*Hexen und Hexenprozesse. Zur Geschichte des Aberglaubens und des inquisitorischen Prozesses. 2. Aufl., Leipzig: O. Wigand, 1858 *Ausgewählte Schriften. edited by Heinz Pepperle. 2 vol., Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 2003

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in the catalog of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koppen, Karl Friedrich 1808 births 1863 deaths German philosophers Hegelian philosophers Humboldt University of Berlin alumni

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