Adolf Lasson was a German Jewish philosophical writer, strident Prussianist, and the father of Georg Lasson.
Education
He was educated at the Gymnasium Carolinum, Neu-Strelitz, and the University of Berlin (1848-1852. Philosophy with Friedrich Eduard Beneke, classical philology with A Boeck, Lachmann and Trelenburg, theology and law). In 1861 he took the Doctor of Philosophy degree at Leipzig University, and in 1877 became privatdozent in philosophy at Berlin University.
Career
In 1858 he became teacher at the Friedrichsgymnasium, and from 1859 to 1897 he occupied the same position at the Louisenstädtisches Real-Gymnasium. Since 1874 he lectured on the history of German literature at the Viktoria Lyceum. He saw the liberty of mind as the first and most certain fact and as a moral duty.
Views
Adolf Lasson was influenced by German Idealism and by the writings of the Hegelian theologian David Friedrich Strauss.