FISCHER

Ernst Kuno Berth old, German philosopher, born at Sandewalde, Silesia, 23rd July, 1824, died in 1907. Educated at the Universities of Leipzig and Halle, where he studied philosophy, philology, and theology, he was tutor at Heidelberg University, but was compelled to discontinue his lectures on account of his advanced views. He was then profe or of philosophy at Jena from 1856 to 1872, re he succeeded Zelier at Heidelerg. Fischer belonged to the modified Fegelian school, and greatly popularized Kant’s philosophy. His works in elude: Diotima: the Idea of the Beautiful (1849); Logic and Metaphysic, or the Doctrine of Science (1852); Francis Bacon and his Succe ors (1856); The Life and Character of Benedict Spinoza (1865); AntiTrendelenburg (1870); Goethe-Schrifien (1895-1904). His most important work, however, is his History of Modern a Philosophy (1852-94; new edition, 1897-1903). This monumental work is written in the form of monographs on Des cartes, Leibnitz, Kant, and other great philosophers down to Schopenhauer.