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Key facts
- Born
- Karl Robert Eduard Hartmann , ( 1842-02-23 ) 23 February 1842, Berlin , Brandenburg , Prussia , German Confederation
- Died
- 5 June 1906 (1906-06-05) (aged 64), Groß-Lichterfelde , Berlin , Brandenburg , Prussia , Germany
- Occupations
- Philosopher, independent scholar, writer
- Spouses
- Agnes Taubert ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1872 ; died 1877 ) Alma Lorenz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1878 )
- Family
- Robert von Hartmann (father)
- Education
- United Artillery and Engineering School University of Rostock (Ph.D., 1867)
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Post-Kantian philosophy Transcendental realism Metaphysical voluntarism Post-Schopenhauerian pessimism Pantheism Irrationalism
- Main interests
- Aesthetics Epistemology Metaphysics Psychology
- Notable works
Works in European collections
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Article
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (23 February 1842 – 5 June 1906) was a German philosopher, independent scholar and writer. He was the author of the influential Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869). von Hartmann's notable ideas include the theory of the Unconscious and a pessimistic interpretation of the "best of all possible worlds" concept in metaphysics.
Biography
