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Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Hinrichs

Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Hinrichs

German philosopher (1794–1861)

Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Hinrichs (22 April 1794 – 17 September 1861) was a German right Hegelian philosopher.

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Hinrichs was the son of a Protestant pastor. He studied theology at Strassburg, and, following a crisis of faith, philosophy at Heidelberg under Hegel, who wrote a preface to his Religion im innern Verhältniss zur Wissenschaft (Heidelberg, 1822),[1] describing Hinrichs's work as turgid and difficult to follow. Hinrichs was convinced that philosophy was superior to theology in knowing and reconciling with God.

He became a Privatdozent in 1819, and held professorships at Breslau (1822) and Halle (1824),[1] which were important centers of Hegelianism outside Berlin.

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     One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hinrichs, Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 515.


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