Michelet, Carl

Born in the family of a Huguenot merchant, later his father Louis Michelet (1775–1841) became the owner of a silk factory.

After graduating from the French gymnasium, in 1819 he entered the law faculty of the University of Berlin . He listened to a lecture course by F. Savigny , then studied the philosophy of religion and theology under the guidance of Schleiermacher , the logic and philosophy of Hegel's law .

In 1822, he passed the first state exam, then wrote a dissertation on Hegel, which he presented in 1824. After graduating from the university, from 1825 to 1850 Michelet worked as a teacher in a French gymnasium.

Since 1829 - an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Berlin, he worked in this post until 1874.

He was a member of the "Society of Hegel's Friends", which from 1832 to 1845. published the complete works of Hegel, and from 1860 to 1866 he was editor of the journal Der Gedanke .

In 1843 he founded the Philosophical Society in Berlin.

Hegel's faithful disciple and representative of the left side of Hegelianism, Michelet was distinguished by his progressive, political and church liberalism , reaching radicalism .

His lectures contributed to the dissemination of Hegel's ideas of philosophy in the first half of the 19th century. Among the students of Michelet was A. Tseshkovsky . Michelet collected and restored, on the basis of Hegel's lecture notes and handwritten notes, his lectures on the history of philosophy and prepared them for printing.

Of the works of Michelet most important:

• “Die Ethik des Aristoteles in ihrem Verhältniss zum System der Moral” (B., 1827);
• "Das System der philosophischen Moral" (1828), which discusses the basis of the doctrine of the sanity of human actions;
• “Examen critique de l'ouvrage d'Aristote, intitulé Métaphysique” (P., 1836);
• “Geschichte der letzten Systeme der Philosophie in Deutschland von Kant bis Hegel” (in 2 volumes, Berl., 1837–38);
• "Entwickelungsgeschichte der neuesten deutschen Philosophie" (B., 1848);
• “Schelling und Hegel” (B., 1839), polemical brochure;
• "Anthropologie und Psychologie" (B., 1840);
• philosophical trilogy “Die Epiphanie der ewigen Persönlichkeit des Geistes” (1844-1852; personality of the absolute , historical Christ and new Christianity , the future of humanity and the immortality of the soul );
• “Vorlesungen über die Persönlichkeit Gottes und die Unsterblichkeit der Seele” (1841);
• "Geschichte der Menschheit in ihrem Entwickelungsgang seit 1775" (1855-1860);
• "Naturrecht oder Rechtsphilosophie" (B., 1866);
• "Das System der Philosophie als exacter Wissenschaft" (I — V, B., 1876-1881; logic , philosophy of nature , philosophy of spirit , philosophy of history ).
• "Wahrheit aus meinem Leben" (B., 1884).
• "Examen critique de l'ouvrage d'Aristote intitulé Métaphysique" (1896) and others.

• [1] FOREWORD TO HEGEL'S NATURPHILOSOPHIE by KARL LUDWIG MICHELET (German)

• Michelet, Karl Ludwig // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.