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. He became professor of philosophy at Göttingen, Moscow (in 1804), and Brunswick. Of his numerous publications, the most important are the ''Lehrbuch der Geschichte der Philosophie und einer kritischen Literatur derselben'' (8 volumes, 1796–1804), and ''Geschichte der neuern Philosophie seit der Epoche der Wiederherstellung der Wissenschaften'' (6 volumes, 1800–1804). The latter, elaborate and well written, is lacking in critical appreciation and proportion; there are French and Italian translations. He edited

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(2 volumes, 1793, 1801) and part of

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. Buhle died at Brunswick.

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* * Vladimir Abashnik, Johann Gottlieb Gerhard Buhle, in: ''The Dictionary of eighteenth-century German philosophers''. General editors: Heiner F. Klemme, Manfred Kuehn. In 3 vol. London: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2010, Vol. 1: A – G, pp. 169–170. {{DEFAULTSORT:Buhle, Johann Gottlieb 18th-century German philosophers 1763 births 1821 deaths German male writers Writers from Braunschweig People from Brunswick-Lüneburg Academic staff of Imperial Moscow University