CRITICISM

Darnoi, Dennis N. Kenedy. The Unconscious and Eduard von Hartmann: A Historico-Critical Monograph. The Netherlands: The Hague, 1967, 198 p.

Presents a metaphysical and historical examination of Hartmann's philosophical system.

Kenner, A., ed. “Translator's Preface.” In The Sexes Compared: And Other Essays by Edward von Hartmann, pp. iii-xi. Translated by A. Kenner. New York: MacMillan and Co., 1895.

Relates Hartmann's biographical details and divides his career into five distinct periods.

Mitchell, Ellen M. “The Philosophy of Pessimism.” The Journal of Speculative Philosophy 20, No. 2, (April 1886): 187-94.

Places Hartmann as a disciple of Schopenhauer and attempts to discredit pessimism as self-contradictory.

Tsanoff, Radoslav A. “Pessimism and Immortality.” The Philosophical Review 29, No. 6 (November 1920): 547-70.

Compares Hartmann's philosophical writings with the poetry of Italian Giacomo Leopardi.

Whyte, Lancelot Law. The Unconscious before Freud. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1960, 219 p.

Assesses Philosophy of the Unconscious as an important work, while claiming that it is neither good philosophy nor good science.

Windelband, Wilhelm. A History of Philosophy. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958, 690 p.

Briefly summarizes Hartmann's works, finding his Theory of the Categories to be his main scientific work and a rebuttal to Hegel's Logic.