Theobald Ziegler

German philosopher (1846–1918)

Theobald Ziegler is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.

The record lists Theobald Ziegler as German philosopher (1846–1918).

Theobald Ziegler was born at Göppingen in 1846. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Württemberg. He studied at University of Strasbourg.

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

His academic posts were held at University of Strasbourg.

A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.

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

Theobald Ziegler died in 1918, aged 72. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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