Back يوهان جوستاف دريزن Arabic يوهان جوستاف دريزن ARZ İohann Droyzen Azerbaijani یوهان قوستاو درویزن AZB Johann Gustav Droysen Czech Johann Gustav Droysen German Γιόχαν Γκούσταφ Ντρόυζεν Greek Johann Gustav Droysen Esperanto Johann Gustav Droysen Spanish Johann Gustav Droysen Estonian
Gustav Droysen | |
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| Born | 6 July 1808 |
| Died | 19 June 1884 (aged 75) Berlin, Brandenburg, German Empire |
| Education | University of Berlin (PhD, 1831)[3] |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Historism[1] |
| 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[2] |
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.
- ^ Colin Cheyne, John Worrall (eds.), Rationality and Reality: Conversations with Alan Musgrave, Springer 2006, p. 266.
- ^ A distinction among the three methodologies of scientific inquiry: recognising (pertaining to philosophical, theological, and speculative research), explaining (pertaining to mathematical and physical research) and understanding (pertaining to historical research); see: Johann Gustav Droysen, Grundriss der Historik, Verlag von Veit & Comp., 1868, p. 11: §14.
- ^ Kiel University – Famous Scholars from Kiel