Jakob Friedrich Fries (23 August 1773 – 10 August 1843) was a German philosopher. He was born in Barby (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) and died in Jena (present-day Thuringia, Germany).
Read more about Jakob Friedrich Fries: Life and Career, Works
Famous quotes containing the words friedrich and/or fries:
“Meanwhile, if the fear of falling into error sets up a mistrust of Science, which in the absence of such scruples gets on with the work itself, and actually cognizes something, it is hard to see why we should not turn round and mistrust this very mistrust.... What calls itself fear of error reveals itself rather as fear of the truth.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
“Far star that tickles for me my sensitive plate
And fries a couple of ebon atoms white....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)