Rasmus Nielsen (1809, Roerslev,

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–1884) was a Danish philosopher and professor, as well as a critic of Søren Kierkegaard. Nielsen was the son of a farmer. He studied

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at the

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, starting in 1832 and graduating in 1837. He then went on to get a licentiate degree and, after giving some lectures on theological topics, succeeded

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as professor of moral theology.

Bibliography

* ''Philosophical Propadeutic'' ( da, Philosophike Propœdeutik) * ''The Logic of Basic Concepts'' or ''The Logic of Fundamental Ideas'' ( da, Grundideernes Logik), 1864 * ''The Philosophy of Religion'' ( da, Religionsfilosofi), 1869

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