Heinrich Ritter
Heinrich August Ritter (German: historian of philosophy.
He was born in
Kiel, where he occupied the chair of philosophy from 1833 to 1837. He then accepted a similar position at the University of Göttingen, where he remained till his death. Friedrich Schleiermacher was a major influence in his thinking.[1]
Works
Ritter's chief work was a history of philosophy (Geschichte der Philosophie) published in twelve volumes at
Beside these important historical works, he published a large number of treatises of which the following may be mentioned:
- Abriss der philosophischen Logik (1824).
- Geschichte der Philosophie (1829–1853; 2nd edition, vols. i–iv, 1836–1838) — its 1st section, "Geschichte der philosophie alter zeit", was translated into English by Alexander J.W. Morrison and published as: The history of ancient philosophy (1838–46).
- Ueber das Verhältnis der Philosophie zum Leben (1835).
- Historia philosophiae Graeco-Romanae (in collaboration with Ludwig Preller, 1838; 7th edition, 1888).
- Kleine philosophische Schriften (1839–1840).
- Versuch zur Verständigung über die neueste deutsche Philosophie seit Kant (1853).
- System der Logik und Metaphysik (1856).
- Die christliche Philosophie bis auf die neuesten Zeiten (2 volumes, 1858–1859).
- Encyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften (1862–1864).
- Ernest Renan, über die Naturwissenschaften und die Geschichte (1865).
- Ueber das Böse und seine Folgen (1869).
Notes
- ^ a b ADB:Ritter, Heinrich In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, S. 673 f.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ritter, Heinrich". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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