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February 23, 1842
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (died 1906)
Eduard von Hartmann
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann was a German philosopher, independent scholar and writer. He was the author of the influential Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869). Von Hartmann's notable ideas include the theory of the Unconscious and a pessimistic interpretation of the "best of all possible worlds" concept in metaphysics.