Hermann Cohen

Hermann Cohen (4 July 1842 - 4 April 1918) was a German-Jewish philosopher, one of the founders of the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism, and he is often held to be "probably the most important Jewish philosopher of the nineteenth century" (Jewish Virtual Library).

Life

Cohen was born in Coswig, Anhalt, Germany. He early began to study philosophy, and soon became known as a profound student of Kant. He was educated at the Gymnasium at Dessau, at the Jewish Theological Seminary at Breslau, and at the universities of Breslau, Berlin, and Halle. In 1873, he became Privatdozent in the philosophical faculty of the University of Marburg, the thesis with which he obtained the venia legendi being Die systematischen Begriffe in Kant's vorkritischen Schriften nach ihrem Verhltniss zum kritischen Idealismus. In 1875, Cohen was elected ao. Professor, and in the following o. Professor (see Professor - Germany), at Marburg. He was one of the founders of the "Gesellschaft zur Frderung der Wissenschaft des Judenthums", which held its first meeting in Berlin in Nov., 1902.

Works

  • "Die Platonische Ideenlehre Psychologisch Entwickelt," in "Zeitschrift fr Vlkerpsychologie," 1866, iv.
  • "Mythologische Vorstellungen von Gott und Seele," ib. 1869
  • "Die dichterische Phantasie und der Mechanismus des Bewusstseins," ib.
  • "Zur Kontroverse zwischen Trendelenburg und Kuno Fischer," ib. 1871
  • Kant's Theorie der Erfahrung, Berlin, 1871; 2d ed., 1885
  • "Platon's Ideenlehre und die Mathematik," Marburg, 1878
  • Kant's Begrndung der Ethik, Berlin, 1877
  • Das Prinzip der Infinitesimalmethode und seine Geschichte: ein Kapitel zur Grundlegung der Erkenntnisskritik, Berlin, 1883
  • "Von Kant's Einfluss auf die Deutsche Kultur," Berlin, 1883
  • Kant's Begrndung der Aesthetik, Berlin, 1889
  • "Zur Orientirung in den Losen Blttern aus Kant's Nachlass," in "Philosophische Monatshefte," 1890, xx.
  • "Leopold Schmidt," in "Neue Jahrbcher fr Philologie und Pdagogik," 1896, cliv.
Cohen edited and published Friedrich Albert Lange's final philosophical work (Logische Studien, Leipzig, 1877). Cohen edited and wrote several versions of a long introduction and critical supplement to Lange's Geschichte des Materialismus(2d enlarged edition based on the 7th edition of the original, 1902, I.). His writings relating more especially to Judaism include several pamphlets, among them "Die Kulturgeschichtliche Bedeutung des Sabbat," 1881; "Ein Bekenntniss in der Judenfrage," Berlin, 1880; as well as the following articles: "Das Problem der Jdischen Sittenlehre," in the "Monatsschrift," xliii. (1899), pp. 385-400, 433-449; "Liebe und Gerechtigkeit in den Begriffen Gott und Mensch." in "Jahrbuch fr Jdische Geschichte und Litteratur," III. (1900), pp. 75-132; "Autonomie und Freiheit," in the "Gedenkbuch fr David Kaufmann," 1900. Cohen's most famous Jewish works include: Religion der Vernunft aus den Quellen des Judentums, Deutschtum und Judentum, Die Naechstenliebe im Talmud, and Die Ethik des Maimonides. His essay "Die Nchstenliebe im Talmud" was written at the request of the Marburg Knigliches Landgericht (3d ed., Marburg, 1888). His last publication was the Logik der Reinen Erkenntniss, comprising the first part of his "System der Philosophie," ix. 520, Berlin, 1902.

External links

Cohen, Hermann Cohen, Hermann Cohen, Hermann Cohen, Hermann

 

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