Zimmermann, Robert von#
b. Prague (Czech Republic), Nov. 2, 1824, d. Prague, Aug. 31, 1898, philosopher. Creator of formal aesthetics, is regarded as the "first historiographer of aesthetics"; Professor at the University of Olmuetz (Olomouc), Prague and Vienna (from 1861). Together with E. Reich he founded the Grillparzer-Gesellschaft (Grillparzer Society) in 1890.
Works#
Philosophische Propaedeutik, 1852; Aesthetik, 2 vols., 1858/1865; Philosophie und Erfahrung, 1861; Studien und Kritiken zur Philosophie und Aesthetik, 2 vols., 1870; Anthroposophie, 1882. - Poetry, epic poem.Literature#
F. Jodl, R. Z., 1916.