Richard Wahle
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Richard Wahle was professor of philosophy at the Universities of Czernowitz
and Vienna
.
Wahle pronounced in his Tragicomedy of Wisdom (2nd edition, 1925) on what he acknowledged as only "definite, agnostic, absolute critique of knowledge" and psychology as surviving, or rather maintained that critiques of knowledge, logic and psychology have nothing to do with philosophy. As a consequence of his fundamental attitude, Wahle did not recognize the ego as a nucleus of forces but only as an imprint in the texture of the universe.
In his Formation of Character (2nd edition, 1928) Wahle made important contributions to modern characterology
. Wahle's devastating criticism of philosophers spared only a few, including Spinoza, Hamann
and Herbart, in whom he praised usefulness.
Chernivtsi University
The Chernivtsi National University is the leading Ukrainian institution for higher education in northern Bukovina, in Chernivtsi, a city in southwest Ukraine....
and Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
.
Wahle pronounced in his Tragicomedy of Wisdom (2nd edition, 1925) on what he acknowledged as only "definite, agnostic, absolute critique of knowledge" and psychology as surviving, or rather maintained that critiques of knowledge, logic and psychology have nothing to do with philosophy. As a consequence of his fundamental attitude, Wahle did not recognize the ego as a nucleus of forces but only as an imprint in the texture of the universe.
In his Formation of Character (2nd edition, 1928) Wahle made important contributions to modern characterology
Characterology
Characterology is a method of character reading that attempted to combine revised physiognomy, reconstructed phrenology and amplified pathognomy, with ethnology, sociology and anthropology. Developed by L...
. Wahle's devastating criticism of philosophers spared only a few, including Spinoza, Hamann
Johann Georg Hamann
Johann Georg Hamann was a noted German philosopher, a main proponent of the Sturm und Drang movement, and associated by historian of ideas Isaiah Berlin with the Counter-Enlightenment.-Biography:...
and Herbart, in whom he praised usefulness.
Works
- Gehirn und Bewusstsein, 1884
- Die geometrische Methode des Spinoza, 1888
- Das Ganze der Philosophie und ihr Ende, 1894
- Über den Mechanismus des geistigen Lebens, 1906
- Grundlagen einer neuen Psychiatrie, 1931