Handbook of the history of philosophy / by Albert Schwegler; translated and annotated by James Hutchison Stirling.

  • Schwegler, Albert, 1819-1857.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Handbook of the history of philosophy / by Albert Schwegler; translated and annotated by James Hutchison Stirling. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SCHWEGLER. ALBERT SCHWEGLER, a Suabian, like Hegel and so many other deeper Germans of late, was born February 10, 1819. His father, a country clergyman, ■who, with scanty means, did his best for his family, 1)egan himself the education of the boy, and subjected him, in general, to a discipline so severe that it left its marks on his character, and was borne in his memory for life. In his seventeenth year, Schwegler, as a student of theology, entered the University of Tubingen. Here he greatly distinguished himself. His intellect was unusually quick, ready, and retentive; his industry constant, his perseverance iron: he took many prizes, and, where certain essays were concerned, not without the higher compliment of express thanks. His univer- sity career accomplished, though amid many hardships for his father's death in 1839 left a family, always strained, in the most pressing difficulties, Schwegler -passing by Munich, Prague, and Vienna-went to Berlin, m the hope not only of scientific but of pecu- niary profit. In this he was disappointed, and, visiting Holland, Belgium, and the Rhine, he returned home in a few months, to be presently found in Tubingen again, supporting himself as he could by services in a village church, by correcting the press, and by literature. One success in the last capacity enabled him (having qualified himself as a privatim docem in 1843) to spend some months in Italy, principally at Rome. On his return m 1847, he received the appointment of a Libra-