Philosophers in Berlin
The atlas holds 10 people and 23 moments here, from 1698 to 2011. The most recorded lives are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Karl Marx and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Notable people
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1698 to 1711
5 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Karl Marx
from 1836 to 1874
3 moments here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
from 1862 to 1874
3 moments here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
from 1818 to 1831
3 moments here
German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…
Arthur Schopenhauer
from 1811 to 1825
3 moments here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Voltaire
from 1740 to 1750
2 moments here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
Albert Einstein
in 1914
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Friedrich Engels
in 1841
1 moment here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1933
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 2011
1 moment here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Moments
- 1698 Extended periods in Berlin Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1702 Residence at Lützenburg and Berlin Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1704 Arrival at Lützenburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1706 Berlin residence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1711 Final Berlin sojourn Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1740 Visits Frederick in Berlin Voltaire
- 1750 Occupies rooms at Charlottenburg Palace Voltaire
- 1811 Enrollment at the University of Berlin Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1818 Moved to Berlin Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1820 Berlin test lecture and teaching appointment Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1825 Return to Berlin for a second academic attempt Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1831 Lodgings in Kreuzberg Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1831 Death in Berlin Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1836 Begins studies in Berlin Karl Marx
- 1837 Convalesces and studies Hegel in Stralau Karl Marx
- 1841 Prussian artillery service Friedrich Engels
- 1862 Visited Berlin on his first European tour Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1867 Stayed in Berlin with Anna Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1874 Passed through Berlin en route to treatment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1874 Stops in Berlin after Karlsbad Karl Marx
- 1914 Moves to Dahlem apartment Albert Einstein
- 1933 Study year at the French Institute in Berlin Jean-Paul Sartre
- 2011 State visit to Berlin Pope Benedict XVI