Theodor Wilhelm Danzel
Theodor Wilhelm Danzel (4 February 1818, Hamburg – 9 May 1850, Leipzig) was a German literary historian and philosopher.
He studied as the universities of Leipzig, Halle and Berlin, obtaining his doctorate at the University of Jena with a thesis on Plato's philosophical methods (1841). As a student, he was an ardent follower of Hegelian philosophy. In 1845 he received his habilitation at Leipzig, where he subsequently worked as a lecturer.[1]
He died in Leipzig on May 9, 1850 at the age of 32.
Literary works[]
- Über Goethes Spinozismus, Hamburg 1843 - On Goethe's Spinozism.
- Über die Ästhetik der Hegelschen Philosophie, Hamburg 1844 - On the aesthetics of Hegelian philosophy.
- Gottsched und seine Zeit, Leipzig 1848 - Johann Christoph Gottsched and his era.
- G. E. Lessing, sein Leben und seine Werke, (with Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer), two volumes, 1850–1853 - Lessing, his life and works.
- Gesammelten Aufsätzen, collected essays 1855, edited by Otto Jahn (1813-1869).[2]
References[]
- ^ ADB: Danzel, Theodor Wilhelm @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- ^ List of publications copied from an article on Theodor Wilhelm Danzel at the German Wikipedia.
Categories:
- German literary historians
- German philosophers
- Writers from Hamburg
- Leipzig University alumni
- 1818 births
- 1850 deaths
- 19th-century philosophers
- German scholars of ancient Greek philosophy
- Hegelian philosophers
- Philosophers of art