Friedrich Wilhelm Carové (born at Koblenz

Koblenz

Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...

, June 20, 1789; died in Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

, March 18, 1852) was a German philosopher and publicist

Publicist

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Biography

He was a lawyer, held some judicial offices, was made doctor of philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

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 by the university of Heidelberg, and officiated for a short time as professor at Breslau. He was one of the founders of the Heidelberg Burschenschaft

Burschenschaft

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, and participated in the famous Wartburg festival

Wartburg festival

The first Wartburg festival on 18 October 1817 was an important event in German history that took place at the Wartburg Castle near Eisenach....

. He was afterward a member of the provisional German parliament

Frankfurt Parliament

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  of 1848.

Works

His most elaborate works are attacks on the Roman Catholic religion, and include:

• Ueber die alleinseligmachende Kirche (2 vols., Frankfort, 1826)
• Was heisst römisch-katholische Kirche? (2d ed., Altenburg, 1847)
• Die Buchdruckerkunst in ihrer weltgeschichtlichen Bedeutung (Siegen, 1843)
• Ueber das sogenannte germanische und sogenannte christliche Staatsprincip (1843)