Theodor Hubert Weber (28 January 1836,

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- 12 January 1906) was a German

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and professor of

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Biography

Weber was born in

. He was the second bishop of the German

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, and one of the more important followers of Anton Günther's philosophy. In 1858 he obtained his doctorate of philosophy at the

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under the tutelage of Franz Peter Knoodt (1811-1889). In 1860 he received his

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in Breslau, and from 1862 to 1864 was a schoolteacher in the town of Sagan. In 1868 he received his

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, later serving as a professor of philosophy at the

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(1872 to 1890). In 1890 he relocated to

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, where he was named

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by Joseph Hubert Reinkens (1821-1896). In 1896 he succeeded Reinkens as bishop of the German

Works

Among his better known writings are the following: * ''Schülers Metaphysik. Anschauungen vom Menschen'' (Student

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, views from the people), 1864 * ''Kants Dualismus von Geist und Natur aus dem Jahre 1766 und der des positiven Christentums'' (

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's dualism of mind and nature from the year 1766 and

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), 1866 * ''Geschichte der neuen deutschen Philosophie'' (History of the new German philosophy), 1873 * ''Zur Kritik der Kantschen Erkenntnistheorie'' (Critique of Kantian

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), 1882. * ''Metaphysik, eine wissenschaftliche Begründung der Ontologie des positiven Christentums'' (Metaphysics, rationale on the

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of positive

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), (1888-91 two volumes)

Notes

References

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translated biography @ Eisler: Philosopher's Dictionary

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* 1836 births 1906 deaths People from Euskirchen (district) German Old Catholic bishops Academic staff of the University of Breslau People from the Rhine Province German Old Catholic theologians German male non-fiction writers 19th-century German Catholic theologians 19th-century German male writers 19th-century German bishops 19th-century German philosophers Leipzig University alumni {{Germany-theologian-stub