Friedrich August Carus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich August Carus

German physician, psychologist and philosopher

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1770

Place of Birth: Bautzen, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Feb-1807

Profession: physician, psychologist, theologian, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Friedrich August Carus (26 April 1770, Bautzen – 6 February 1807, Leipzig) was a German philosopher.
He was the father of surgeon Ernst August Carus (1797–1854). From 1788 to 1793 he studied philosophy and theology at the universities of Leipzig and Göttingen.
In 1796 he became an associate professor of philosophy at Leipzig, where in 1805 he attained a full professorship.
In Leipzig he also served as a preacher (Frühprediger) at the University Church.
As a philosopher he was influenced by the writings of Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi.