Ernst Friedrich Apelt

Ernst Friedrich Apelt ( born March 3 1812 in Reichenau, Kingdom of Saxony, † October 27, 1859 on his estate Oppelsdorf in Upper Lusatia ) was a German philosopher and entrepreneur.

Life

The son of an entrepreneur devoted himself since 1831 philosophical and mathematical studies until Jakob Friedrich Fries in Jena, then in Leipzig, 1839 habilitated to Jena, was there in 1840 and 1856 associate professor.

After the death of his father Apelt took over the management of the lignite plant Friedrich Apelt in Oppelsdorf and erected in place a Vitriolwerk. Built by him Spa formed the basis for the later spa town of Bad Oppelsdorf.

Apelt was the most notable representatives of the Fries'schen school and after the death of frieze centered.

His main works are: " The epochs of human history " ( Jena from 1845 to 1846, 2 vols ); " Johann Kepler's astronomical world view " (Leipzig, 1849); " The reformation of astronomy " ( Jena, 1852); " The theory of induction " ( Leipzig, 1854); " Metaphysics " ( Leipzig, 1857); " Philosophy of Religion " (edited by Gustav Frank, Leipzig 1860).

His children from his marriage to Emily von Otto (1823-1895) the philologist and translator of Plato Otto Apelt (1845-1932) and the jurist Karl Alexander include Apelt (1847-1912), whose son Willibalt Apelt (1877-1965) Saxon was later Minister of the Interior.