Johann Gustav Droysen

Gustav Droysen
Born6 July 1808 (1808-07-06)
Died19 June 1884 (1884-06-20) (aged 75)
EducationUniversity of Berlin
(PhD, 1831)[3]
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolHistorism[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Berlin
University of Kiel
University of Jena
ThesisDe Lagidarum regno Ptolemaeo IV Philometore rege (1831)
Main interests
Historical method
Notable ideas
The erkennenerklärenverstehen distinction[2]
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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.

  1. ^ Colin Cheyne, John Worrall (eds.), Rationality and Reality: Conversations with Alan Musgrave, Springer 2006, p. 266.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Kiel University – Famous Scholars from Kiel
  4. ^ a b Beiser (2011), p. 295.
  5. ^ Werner Jacob Cahnman, Joseph Maier, Judith Marcus and Zoltán Tarr (ed.), Weber & Toennies: Comparative Sociology in Historical Perspective: "Max Weber and the Methodological Controversy in the Social Sciences", Transaction Publishers, 1943, p. 42, note 21.