Theodor Wilhelm Danzel (4 February 1818,

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– 9 May 1850,

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) was a German

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and

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. He studied as the universities of

, Halle and

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, obtaining his doctorate at the

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with a thesis on

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's philosophical methods (1841). As a student, he was an ardent follower of Hegelian philosophy. In 1845 he received his habilitation at

, where he subsequently worked as a lecturer. He died in Leipzig on 9 May 1850 at the age of 32.

Literary works

* ''Über Goethes Spinozismus'', Hamburg 1843 - On

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. * ''Über die Ästhetik der Hegelschen Philosophie'', Hamburg 1844 - On the aesthetics of Hegelian philosophy. * ''Gottsched und seine Zeit'', Leipzig 1848 -

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and his era. * ''G. E. Lessing, sein Leben und seine Werke'', (with

Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer (15 May 1809 – 5 January 1854) was a German philologist and biographer. He is known principally for his 1842 biography of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and his completion (1853) of Theodor Wilhelm Danzel's biography of Les ...

), two volumes, 1850–1853 -

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, his life and works. * ''Gesammelten Aufsätzen'', collected essays 1855, edited by

Otto Jahn Otto Jahn (; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen), was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music. Biography After the completion of his university studies at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, ...

(1813–1869).List of publications copied from an article on Theodor Wilhelm Danzel at the

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References

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