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Karl Robert Eduard (Eduard) von Hartmann

1842–1906

German philosopher. Studied natural science and philosophy in Berlin. Became a popular transcendental realist philosopher in the early 1870s. Lived in Berlin as a private scholar, turning down university positions because of his health. Considered an important forerunner of Freud for his work on the unconscious.

Source

DBE.

Bibliography

DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.

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