Background
Karl von Prantl was born at Landsberg on the Lech, Germany on the 28th of January 1820.
Karl von Prantl was born at Landsberg on the Lech, Germany on the 28th of January 1820.
In 1843 he became doctor of philosophy at Munich Observatory, where he was made professor in 1859. Strongly in agreement with the Hegelian tradition, he defended and amplified it in Die gegenwarlige Aufgabe der Philosophic (1852) and Verstehen und Beurteilen (1877).
He is more important, however, as a commentator and scholar, and made valuable contributions to the study of Aristotle. He published Aristoteles Uber die Farben (1849), Aristoteles' acht Bucher der Physik (1857), and numerous minor articles on smaller points, such as the authenticity of the thirty-eight books of the Problems.
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He emphasized the identity of the subjective and the objective for consciousness, and the fact that the perception of this unity is peculiar to man.
He was a member of the Academies of Berlin and Munich.