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.

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    SKETCH OF THE rian, and, in 1848, that of Extraordinary Professor of Roman Literature and Archajology, in the Evangelical Seminary of Tubingen. The literary works of Schwegler are as follows:— His first appearance in print was with an essay in memory of Hegel, in the Journal for the Elegant World (1839). In 1841, he published his prize essay, Montanism and the Christian Church of the Second Century, an excellent work, which had immediate success. In 1842, he criti- cised Neander's work on the 'Apostolic Era' in the Ger- man, and the 'latest Johannine Literature' in the TJieological Year-books. In this last periodical he also wrote several valuable papers after his return to Tubingen. Here, too, he became, in 1843, the editor of the Annals of the Present, and in this capacity wrote many admirable political papers. In 1845, his Post-Apostolic Age was published, and that work was followed by the Clementine Homilies in 1847, and the Eusebian Church History in 1852. In 1847 and 1848 we have his Metaphysic of Aristotle, and in the former year the first issue of his Handbook of the History of Philosophy, in the Stuttgart Encyclopaedia. His latest work was the Roman History, which at his death was left incomplete. Of these works, the most important are Montanism, the Post-Apostolic Age, the History of Philosophy, the Aristotle, and the Roman History; but the tact and judgment, the courage and considerate- ness, the consistent adhesion to principles, the manly ripeness, the truth, penetration, and largeness of poli- tical perception, the clearness, power, and brilliancy of style, the irresistible polemic, which he dis- played as editor of the Annals of the Present, demon- strated that Schwegler had the capacity likewise of becoming a master among Publicists. The work on Montanism showed acute intellect and much penetrative power of erudite research ; it gave to think to the most accomplished judges. The Post-Apostolic Age was writ- ten in six months, ard this fact, in view of the excel-