Karl Heinrich Heydenreich
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Karl Heinrich Heydenreich (1764, Stolpen
– 1801, Burgwerben
) was a German philosopher and poet.
Heydenreich was educated at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig
and the University of Leipzig
. In 1787 he became professor of philosophy at Leipzig. Writing works on Spinoza in the late 1780s, he became increasingly influenced by Immanuel Kant
: his Betrachtungen (1790-1) was "the first real example of a Kantian philosophical theology". Forced to give up his professorship in 1797, he died unsalaried.
Stolpen
Stolpen is a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.- References :...
– 1801, Burgwerben
Burgwerben
Burgwerben is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the town Weißenfels....
) was a German philosopher and poet.
Heydenreich was educated at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig
Thomasschule zu Leipzig
St. Thomas School, Leipzig is a co-educational and public boarding school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools in the world.St. Thomas is known for its art, language and music education...
and the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
. In 1787 he became professor of philosophy at Leipzig. Writing works on Spinoza in the late 1780s, he became increasingly influenced by Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment....
: his Betrachtungen (1790-1) was "the first real example of a Kantian philosophical theology". Forced to give up his professorship in 1797, he died unsalaried.
Works
- Über Mendelssohns Darstellung der Spinozismus, 1787
- Natur und Gott nach Spinoza, 1789
- System der Ästhetik, 1790
- Betrachtungen über die Philosophie der natürlichen Religion, 2 vols., 1790-1
- System des Naturrechts nach kritischen Prinzipien, 1794-5
- Briefe über den Atheismus, 1796
- Grundsätze der Kritik der Lächerlichen mit Hinsicht auf das Lustpiel, 1797
- Psychologische Entwickelung des Aberglaubens und der damit verknüpften Schwärmerey, 1798
- Vesta. Keine Schriften zur Philosophie des Lebens, 5 vols., 1798-1801