Karl Rosenkranz
Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (German: [ˈʁoːzn̩kʁants]; April 23, 1805 – July 14, 1879) was a German philosopher and pedagogue.
Also recorded as Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz
Karl Rosenkranz
- Born
- 1805.
- Died
- sources differ (1879 and 1879).
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia.
- Occupation
- philosopher, literary historian, university teacher, writer and Protestant theologian.
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Life
Life
Born in Magdeburg, he read philosophy at Berlin, Halle and Heidelberg, devoting himself mainly to the doctrines of Hegel and Schleiermacher. After holding the chair of philosophy at Halle for two years, he became, in 1833, a professor at the University of Königsberg. In his last years, he was blind. He died in Königsberg.
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Karl Rosenkranz appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a philosopher, literary historian, “Philosophiehistoriker”, writer and Protestant theologian (23 April 1805 – 14 June 1879). Karl Rosenkranz was born on 23 April 1805 and died on 14 June 1879. For the birthplace of Karl Rosenkranz, Magdeburg is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Magdebourg, Allemagne by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Karl Rosenkranz died in Königsberg, Germany, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Places of activity recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: Königsberg and Halle (Saale).
Selected works
Selected works
Kritik der Schleiermacherschen Glaubenslehre (1836) Psychologie oder Wissenschaft vom subjektiven Geist (1837; 3rd edition, 1863) Kritische Erläuterungen des Hegelschen Systems (1840) Vorlesungen über Schelling (1842) Hegels Leben (1844). English: The Life of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel by Karl Rosenkranz (Scholarly Translations, 2026) System der Wissenschaft (1850) Meine Reform der Hegelschen Philosophie (1852) Ästhetik des Häßlichen (Königsberg 1853). English: Aesthetics of Ugliness: A Critical Edition. Bloomsbury 2015. Wissenschaft der logischen Idee (1858–59), with a supplement (Epilegomena, 1862) Diderot's Leben und Werke (1866) Hegels Naturphilosophie und die Bearbeitung derselben durch Vera (1868) Hegel als deutscher Nationalphilosoph (1870) Erläuterungen zu Hegels Encyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften (1871). Between 1838 and 1840, Rosenkranz published an edition of the works of Kant in conjunction with F. W. Schubert, to which he appended a history of the Kantian doctrine.
Life and career
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1805
Karl Rosenkranz born at Magdeburg.
1856
Göethe und seine Werke von Karl Rosenkranz (1856) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1858
Wissenschaft der logischen Idee von Karl Rosenkranz Metaphysik (1858) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1879
Karl Rosenkranz died at Königsberg.
Philosophy
Throughout his long professorial career, and in all his numerous publications he remained, in spite of occasional deviations on particular points, loyal to the Hegelian tradition as a whole. In the great division of the Hegelian school, he, in company with Michelet and others, formed the "centre," midway between Erdmann and Gabler on the one hand, and the "extreme left" represented by Strauss, Feuerbach and Bruno Bauer. Karl Rosenkranz was the editor-in-chief of Hegel's Collected Works, vols. 1–12 (1832–44). He published Hegel's Life (1844) as a supplement to these Works. He personally met Hegel and talked with him about philosophy. Rosenkranz had access to Hegel's manuscripts, letters, and the recollections of students, family members, and acquaintances. Rosenkranz's writings on pedagogy were popular in translation among the St. Louis Hegelians. They appeared (translated by Anna Brackett) in multiple volumes of the Journal of Speculative Philosophy.
Primary material
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 667626-1, Seminario in Occasione dell'Edizione Italiana dell'Aesthetik des Häßlichen di Karl Rosenkranz (1984 : Palermo).
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- VIAF cluster 22178678 for Karl Rosenkranz, aggregating national library name authorities.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q62315: Karl Rosenkranz
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- “Karl Rosenkranz”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Waszek, Norbert. Hegelianism, Theology and Politics in Karl Rosenkranz: Some Historical Remarks on a Still Relevant Question. Filozofia. Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences. 80. 1. 52–66. 2025. 0046-385X.
- 2.Shannon, Daniel (DePauw University). Rosenkranz's Report on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit: A Short Analysis. Academia Letters. Article 243. 1–5. March 1, 2021. 10.20935/AL243.
- 3.Rosenkranz, Karl. Pedagogics As A System. Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 7. 4. 1–27. October 1873.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 667626-1, Seminario in Occasione dell'Edizione Italiana dell'Aesthetik des Häßlichen di Karl Rosenkranz (1984 : Palermo).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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