August Krohn

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August Krohn (born July 29, 1840 in Brusendorf , Teltow district , † February 27, 1889 in Wiesbaden ) was a German historian of philosophy .

Life

August Krohn studied philosophy, history and classical philology at Berlin University and from 1867 worked as a teacher at the Knight Academy in Brandenburg Cathedral . Besides the work he qualified for an academic career: in 1870 his doctorate he attended the University of Leipzig Dr. phil., In 1875 he completed his habilitation at the University of Halle for philosophy. His research focus was the Platonic philosophy, the development and reception of which he followed with Aristotle and up to modern times ( Johann Gottlieb Fichte ).

Krohn taught ancient and modern philosophy as a private lecturer at the University of Halle for six years. In 1881 he was appointed associate professor. In 1884 he followed a call from Kiel University as a full professor of philosophy. He died five years later on a trip in Wiesbaden.

Fonts (selection)

  • Quaestiones Platonicae . Leipzig 1870 (dissertation)
  • On the criticism of Aristotelian writings . Brandenburg 1872
  • Socrates and Xenophon . Hall 1875
  • Socratis doctrina ex Platonis republica illustrata . Halle 1875 (habilitation thesis)
  • The Platonic State . Hall 1876
  • Studies on Socratic-Platonic Literature . Hall 1876
  • The Platonic question . Hall 1878

literature

  • Friedrich Volbehr : Professors and lecturers at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . Fourth edition, edited by Rudolf Bülck, completed by Hans-Joachim Newiger . Kiel 1956, p. 179

Web links

Wikisource: August Krohn  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 925 No. 2653, p. 199 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Krohn, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian of philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Brusendorf , Teltow district
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1889
Place of death Wiesbaden