Erdmann

Erdmann, JOHANN EDUARD, German philosopher, was born in 1805 at Wolmar in Livonia (Russia), studied at Dorpat and Berlin, coming under the influence of Hegel, and became professor of Philosophy at Halle in 1839. He died 12th June 1892. His principal work was a Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie (3d ed. 1877), besides which he also wrote a work on Logic and Metaphysics, two books on Psychology, two collections of essays (one entitled Ernstes Spiele), and works on Nature and Creation, Body and Soul, Belief and Science, and The State.