Friedrich Wilhelm Carové

German philosopher and publicist (1789-1852)

Friedrich Wilhelm Carové is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.

The record lists Friedrich Wilhelm Carové as German philosopher and publicist (1789-1852).

Friedrich Wilhelm Carové was born at Koblenz in 1789. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at Heidelberg University.

Enlightenment argument moved philosophy into public life: it was now about government, rights and religion as much as metaphysics.

His academic posts were held at University of Wrocław.

The recorded fields of work are politics and literature.

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 Wilhelm Carové died in 1852, aged 63. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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