Concept
Prussia
Overview
common term for the Duchy, the Kingdom and the Free State of Prussia (1525–1947)
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
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It could only be Austria or Prussia. But which of the two?
Friedrich Engels, Revolution and Counter-Revolution
The chapter “THE TRIUMPH OF PRUSSIA.” is titled for Prussia; names Prussia several times.
Within little more than a year (June 1st, 1764), the Coin was all in order again; in 1765, the King had rebuilt, not to mention other things, "in Silesia 8,000 Houses, in Pommern 6,500." [Rodenbeck, ii. 234, 261.] Prussia has been a meritorious Nation; and, however cut and ruined, is and was in a healthy state, capable of recovering soon. Prussia has defended itself against overwhelming odds,--brave Prussia; but the…
Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21
Names Prussia several times; the book is titled for Prussia.
From Livonia they proceeded to Brandenburg-Prussia, part of which had been inhabited by the ancient Vandals; Polish Prussia had been included in European Sarmatia. Brandenburg-Prussia was a poor country and badly peopled; but its elector, who afterwards took the name of king, displayed a magnificence on this occasion, equally new and destructive to his dominions. He piqued himself upon receiving this embassy in his…
Voltaire, The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia
Names Prussia several times; the author is tied to Prussia in the knowledge graph.
Philosophers who discussed Prussia
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Max Stirner
- Wilhelm Windelband
- Heinrich Rickert
- Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg
- Samson Raphael Hirsch
- Immanuel Kant
- Karl Marx
- Victor Cousin
- Friedrich Carl von Savigny
- Samuel von Pufendorf
- Ludwig Klages
- Voltaire
- Carl Schmitt
- Paul Tillich
- Rudolf Otto
- Houston Stewart Chamberlain
- Eduard von Hartmann
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Hannah Arendt
- Immanuel Hermann Fichte
- Joseph Kleutgen
- Joseph Dietzgen
- Bronisław Trentowski
Related ideas
- Revolutions of 1848
- Germany
- German language
- Athens
- German Empire
- East Germany
- Holy See
- German Confederation
- Königsberg
- Joseph Stalin
- Kraków
- Lübeck
- Seven Years' War
- Culture
- Russian Empire
- Swedish Empire
- Nazi Party
- Lutheranism
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Protestantism
- Jews
- Soviet Union
- Kingdom of France
- Adolf Hitler
Place in the tradition
Part of German philosophy.