Rudolf Haym

Rudolf Haym (5 October 1821 – 27 August 1901) was a German philosopher. Rudolf Haym 2

He was born in Grünberg in

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(now

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), and died in St. Anton (

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). He studied philosophy and

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

at Halle and

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. He was a member of the

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in 1848, and wrote an account of the proceedings from the standpoint of the Right Centre. From 1851 he lectured in literature and philosophy at the University of Halle, and became professor in 1860. His writings are biographical and critical, devoted mainly to German philosophy and literature. In 1870 he published a history of the

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. He also wrote biographies of

Wilhelm von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also , ; ; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named afte ...

(1856), Hegel (1857),

Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer ( , ; 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work '' The World as Will and Representation'' (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the pr ...

(1864), Herder (1877–1885) and Max Duncker (1890). In 1901 he published ''Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben'' ("Recollections from My Life"). ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Haym, Rudolf 1821 births 1901 deaths People from Zielona Góra People from the Province of Silesia 19th-century philosophers 19th-century German people Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni Academic staff of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Members of the Frankfurt Parliament 19th-century German writers 19th-century German male writers 19th-century German philosophers