Ernst Emil Paul Barth (born on 1 August 1858 in Baruthe near Oels,

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; died on 30 September 1922 in

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), known simply as Paul Barth, was a German sociologist and

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Biography

He edited the ''Vierteljahrsschrift für wissenschaftliche Philosophie'' (Quarterly Journal for Scholarly Philosophy), and was extraordinary professor in the

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. He wrote on philosophical subjects, but is known above all for his ''Philosophie der Geschichte als Sociologie'' (Philosophy of History as Sociology), the first volume of which appeared in 1897. This book is one of the most authoritative historical sketches of the development of sociological theory which had been published in Germany. Among Barth's other writings were: * ''Geschichtsphilosophie Hegels und die Hegelianer bis auf Marx und Hartmann'' (

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's philosophy of history and the Hegelians up to Marx and

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; 1890) * '' Tiberius Gracchus'' (2d ed., 1893) * ''Beweggründe des sittlichen Handelns'' (Motives for acting ethically; 1889)

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1858 births 1922 deaths German philosophers German sociologists Writers from Leipzig Philosophers of history German male writers {{Germany-sociologist-stub