Education
He studied at Krakow, Berlin, Heidelberg and Paris.
philosopher art historian university professor writer
He studied at Krakow, Berlin, Heidelberg and Paris.
He was a professor of philosophy and rector of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow: 1847, assistant professor 1850, full professor 1865, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy.
In academic year 1870-1871, rector.
Professor of art history and aesthetics of Academy of Fine Arts in KrakóWest In 1843 he published the first volume of Listy z Krakowa (Letters from Krakow), a dissertation in aesthetics in the Hegelian spirit (vols 1-3, Vilnius 1855-1856), which brought him recognition and renown.
Also his Wykład systematyczny filozofii (volume 1, Krakow 1849. Volume(s) 2, Vilinius 1852), apart from the work of Karol Libelt, the first systematic textbook of philosophy in 19th-century Poland, was well received.
Kremer"s popularity and fame was, however, ensured primarily by his Podróż do Włoch (Journey to Italy.
Vols 1-5, Vilnius 1859-1864), which soon found place among the classics of Polish literature, and its excerpts were included in textbooks and anthologies of the day. Thanks to the efforts of Henryk Struve, in 1877-1880 a twelve-volume edition of Kremer"s collected works was published in Warsaw. Number other Polish philosopher contemporary of Kremer"s could boast such a publication.
By considering the act as the best source of information about a person, Kremer anticipated Wilhelm Dilthey"s position.
He was a member of the Polish Academy of Learning from the day of its founding (1872).