Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann

1842 - 1906

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movement: irrationalism

country of citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: University of Rostock

occupation: philosopher, writer

influenced by: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Arthur Schopenhauer, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Charles Darwin

Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (23 February 1842 – 5 June 1906) was a German philosopher, independent scholar and author of Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869). His notable ideas include the theory of the Unconscious and a pessimistic interpretation of the "best of all possible worlds" concept in metaphysics. Source: Wikipedia (en)