Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg Quotes
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg was a German philosopher and historian of philosophy and the leading Aristotelian critic of Hegelian idealism in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Long-time professor at Berlin, he edited and interpreted Aristotle's logical and metaphysical works and articulated, in his Logical Investigations, a careful critique of the Hegelian dialectic for concealing under the cover of pure logic an Aristotelian motion that it refused to acknowledge. The quotes below are attributed to Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, organized by topic.
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg on Knowledge
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Attributed to Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg:
“The history of philosophy is the laboratory in which philosophy is tested.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg:
“Aristotle remains the master of those who think.”
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg on Nature
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Attributed to Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg:
“Movement is the deepest fact about being.”
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg on Truth
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Attributed to Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg:
“Hegel's dialectic conceals an Aristotelian motion that he refused to acknowledge.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg:
“Logic must always have its eye on the real, not on its own reflections.”