Karl, Freiherr von Prel

German philosopher, writer and occultist (1839-1899)

In the history of thought, Karl, Freiherr von Prel is one of the names that keeps being returned to.

The record lists Karl, Freiherr von Prel as German philosopher, writer and occultist (1839-1899).

Karl, Freiherr von Prel was born at Landshut in 1839. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Bavaria. He studied at Königlich Bayerische Pagerie and Ludwig Gymnasium Munich.

The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.

The recorded fields of work are philosophy, occultism and psychology.

The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.

That the work was done from Kingdom of Bavaria matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.

Karl, Freiherr von Prel died in 1899, aged 60. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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