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Karl Heinrich Heydenreich

1764 – 1801

German poet

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Lived 1764 – 1801 (aged 37). Karl Heinrich Heydenreich was a German poet, translator, philosopher, university teacher and writer.

Karl Heinrich Heydenreich (19 February 1764 – 26 April 1801) was a German philosopher and poet.

Heydenreich was born in Stolpen and 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 in Burgwerben.

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

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Leipzig University, Thomasschule zu Leipzig
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Leipzig University

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Who was Karl Heinrich Heydenreich?

German poet

When was Karl Heinrich Heydenreich born?

Karl Heinrich Heydenreich was born on 18 February 1764 in Stolpen.

When did Karl Heinrich Heydenreich die?

Karl Heinrich Heydenreich died on 29 April 1801 in Burgwerben.

What was Karl Heinrich Heydenreich's occupation?

Karl Heinrich Heydenreich was a poet, translator, philosopher, university teacher and writer.

What nationality was Karl Heinrich Heydenreich?

Karl Heinrich Heydenreich was German.

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· Wikipedia: Karl Heinrich Heydenreich

· Wikidata: Q214744

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