a German philosophical writer; was born July 3, 1796, at Pfaffroda, in Saxony. He studied philosophy, theology, and philology at Leipsic, and was, in 1839, called as professor to Kiel, but was deposed on account of his anti-Danish sentiments. He died at Dresden, Sept. 22, 1862, leaving Historische Entwickelung des Speculatives Philosophie von Kant bis tegel (Dresden, 1837, 5th ed. 1860; Engl. transl. Historical Development of Speculative Philosophy from Kant to Hegel, Andover, 1854): — System der Speculativen Ethik (Leipsic, 1850, 2 vols.): — Philosophie und Christenthum (Kiel, 1853): — Fundamental philosophie (ibid. 1861). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1, 219. (B. P.)