Peter Kaufmann (
1800-1869) was known as one of the "
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
Hegelians", along with
John Bernhard Stallo,
Moncure Daniel Conway and
August Willich
August Willich (November 19, 1810 – January 22, 1878), born Johann August Ernst von Willich, was a military officer in the Prussian Army and a leading early proponent of communism in Germany. In 1847 he discarded his title of nobility. He later ...
. His 1858 book titled, ''The Temple of Truth, or the Science of Ever-Progressing Knowledge,'' discussed the process and formation of knowledge according to Hegel's dialectical method, and socialist utopian reform ideals for perfecting humankind.
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American philosophy
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List of American philosophers
This is a list of American philosophers; of philosophers who are either from, or spent many productive years of their lives in the United States.
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References
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*Easton, Loyd D. “Hegelianism in Nineteenth-Century Ohio,” ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' 23, no. 3 (1962), 355-78.
*Kaufmann, Peter. ''
The Temple of Truth, or the Science of Ever-Progressing Knowledge'' (Cincinnati: Truman & Spofford and Eggers & Wilde, 1858).
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Hegelian philosophers
19th-century American philosophers
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