Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (German:[ˈʁoːzn̩kʁants]; April 23, 1805 – July 14, 1879) was a German philosopher andpedagogue.
Born inMagdeburg, he read philosophy atBerlin,Halle and theUniversity of Königsberg, devoting himself mainly to the doctrines ofHegel andSchleiermacher. After holding the chair of philosophy at Halle for two years, he became, in 1833, a professor at Königsberg. In his last years he was blind.[1]
He died inKönigsberg.
Throughout his long professorial career, and in all his numerous publications he remained, in spite of occasional deviations on particular points, loyal to theHegelian tradition as a whole. In the great division of the Hegelian school, he, in company withMichelet and others, formed the "centre," midway betweenErdmann andGabler on the one hand, and the "extreme left" represented byStrauss,Feuerbach andBruno Bauer.[1]
Karl Rosenkranz was the editor-in-chief of Hegel'sCollected Works, vols. 1-12 (1832-44). He publishedHegel's Life (1844) as a supplement to theseWorks.[2] He personally met Hegel and talked with him about philosophy. Rosenkranz had access to Hegel's manuscripts, letters, and the recollections of students, family members, and acquaintances.[2]
Between 1838 and 1840, Rosenkranz published an edition of the works ofKant in conjunction with F. W. Schubert, to which he appended a history of the Kantian doctrine.[1]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rosenkranz, Johann Karl Friedrich".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 735.
