Johann Gustav Droysen
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Johann Gustav Bernhard Droysen (/ˈdrɔɪzən/; German: [ˈdʁɔʏzn̩]; 6 July 1808 – 19 June 1884) was a German historian. His history of Alexander the Great was the first work representing a new school of German historical thought that idealized power held by so-called "great" men.
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Born | 6 July 1808 (1808-07-06) |
Died | 19 June 1884 (1884-06-20) (aged 75) Berlin, Brandenburg, German Empire |
Education | University of Berlin (PhD, 1831)[1] |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Historism[2] |
Institutions | University of Berlin University of Kiel University of Jena |
Thesis | De Lagidarum regno Ptolemaeo IV Philometore rege (1831) |
Main interests | Historical method |
Notable ideas | The erkennen–erklären–verstehen distinction[3] |
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