Friedrich Ueberweg is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Friedrich Ueberweg as German historian of philosophy (1826-1871).
Friedrich Ueberweg was born at Leichlingen in 1826. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at University of Göttingen and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.
His academic posts were held at University of Bonn and University of Königsberg.
A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Friedrich Ueberweg died in 1871, aged 45. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Bonn and University of Königsberg
