Liberalism in Germany - Liberal Thinkers

Liberal Thinkers

In the Contributions to liberal theory the following German thinkers are included:

  • Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)
  • August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735–1809)
  • Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835)
  • Ludwig Joseph Brentano (1844–1931)
  • Friedrich Naumann (1860–1919)
  • Max Weber (1864–1920)
  • Walther Rathenau (1867–1922)
  • Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930)
  • Wilhelm Röpke (1899–1966)
  • Ralf Dahrendorf (1929–2009)

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