Quotes:Fischer, Ernst Kuno Berthold

Zirkoff, Boris

Fischer, Ernst Kuno Berthold. German philosopher, b. at Sandewalde, Silesia, July 23, 1824; d. July 4, 1907. Educated at Leipzig and Halle, he became privat-docent at Heidelberg, 1850, and a professor at Jena, 1856. Succeeded Zeller at Heidelberg, 1872, as prof. of philosophy and the history of modern German literature. In philosophy, where his attitude was Hegelian, he played the part of a historian and commentator; he made valuable contributions to the study of Kant, Spinoza, Schopenhauer and others, publishing a number of memoirs on these scholars. His chief work is Geschichte der neuern Philosophie, 1852-93. Another valuable contribution is *Kritik der Kantischen philosophie. München: F. Bassermann, 1883 (transl. into English by Dr. W. S. Hough, as A Critique of Kant. London S. Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1888).

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 9, p. 416