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Hermann Lotze (1817–1881)
Lotze, Rudolf Hermann (lōt’sė). A German philosopher; born at Bautzen, Saxony, May 21, 1817; died in Berlin, July 1, 1881. Having graduated in medical science and philosophy at Leipsic, he was appointed professor of mental philosophy there (1843), and in 1844 accepted a call to Göttingen. He ranks among the first of metaphysicians, and has given impulse to the recent development of physiological psychology. Among his numerous works the most important are: ‘Metaphysics’ (1841); ‘Logic’ (1843); ‘Microcosmos of Philosophy’ (3 vols., 1856–64); ‘History of Æsthetics in Germany’ (1868), several of which have been translated into English.