Georg Mehlis was a German

Germany

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 neo-Kantian philosopher. Initially he was a philosopher of history in the style of Heinrich Rickert

Heinrich Rickert

Heinrich John Rickert was a German philosopher, one of the leading Neo-Kantians.-Life:He was born in Danzig, Prussia and died in Heidelberg, Germany.-Thought:...

.

He edited (with Richard Kroner

Richard Kroner

Richard Kroner was a German neo-Hegelian philosopher, known for his Von Kant bis Hegel , a classic history of German idealism written from the neo-Hegelian point of view. He was a Christian, from a Jewish background...

) Logos, Internationale Zeitschrift für Philosophie der Kultur, from 1910 (Logos was the title from 1912), with contributions by many leading German intellectual figures; which had an Italian stable-mate from 1914.

He turned in the 1920s to an interest in mysticism

Mysticism

Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...

; and then wrote books on fascism

Fascism

Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...

. His ideas on aesthetics

Aesthetics

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...

 have been taken up by Suzanne Langer.

Works

• Die Geschichtsphilosophie Auguste Comtes (1909)
• Einführing in ein Systeme der Religionsphilosophie (1917)
• Probleme der Ethik (1918)
• Über Formen der modernen Lyrik und Epik (Axel Lübbe). Eine kunstphilosophische Studie (1922)
• Die deutsche Romantik (1922)
• Plotin (1924)
• Die Mystik in der Fülle ihrer Erscheinungsformen in allen Zeiten und Kulturen (1927)
• Die Idee Mussolinis und der Sinn des Faschismus (1928)
• Der Staat Mussolinis (1929)
• Philosophie der Gegenwart (1932)
• Freiheit und Faschismus (1934)