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Eduard Zeller
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German philosopher and theologian (1814-1908)
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Eduard Zeller was a German theologian, philosophy historian, university teacher, and writer. He was born in 1814 and died in 1908 in Stuttgart. A citizen of the Kingdom of Württemberg, he was educated at the University of Tübingen and the Tübinger Stift. Zeller worked as a university teacher at the University of Tübingen, University of Bern, Heidelberg University, and University of Marburg. His work locations included Heidelberg, Tübingen, and Marburg.
Zeller held the position of Geheimrat and was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He received the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. His notable works include *Grundriss der Geschichte der griechischen Philosophie*, *Über Antisthenes aus Rhodos*, *Über den kupieúwv des megarikers Diodorus*, *Ammonius Sakkas und Plotinus*, and *Language and thought*. He wrote in German and was described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1814
- Died
- 1908
- Works
- 136
Top works
- [Pamphlets on Aristotle
- Grundriss der Geschichte der griechischen Philosophie
- Über Antisthenes aus Rhodos
- Über den kupieúwv des megarikers Diodorus
- Ammonius Sakkas und Plotinus
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eduard
- Family name
- Zeller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Place of death
- Stuttgart
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Geheimrat
- Educated at
- Tübinger Stift
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Image
- Eduard Zeller - Imagines philologorum.jpg
- Work location
- Marburg
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- Commons category
- Eduard Zeller
- date of birth
- 1814-01-22
- date of death
- 1908-03-19
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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- Eduard Zeller
- student
- Eduard Norden
- name in native language
- Eduard Zeller
- writing language
- German
- ethnic group
- Germans
- interested in
- history of philosophy
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Encyclopedic overview
Eduard Zeller Eduard Gottlob Zeller (/ˈzɛlər/; German: [ˈtsɛlɐ]; 22 January 1814 – 19 March 1908) was a German philosopher and Protestant theologian of the Tübingen School of theology. He was well known for his writings on Ancient Greek philosophy, especially pre-Socratic philosophy, and most of all for his celebrated, multi-volume historical treatise The Philosophy of Greeks in their Historical Development (1844–52). Zeller was also a central figure in the revival of neo-Kantianism.
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