These German Romantics helped shape today's ideas about the self, writes Andrea Wulf. ... 19th-century philosophers and poets who asked what it means to be free. Updated September 23, 2022.

When we think of 19th century German philosophy, we perhaps think first of Nietzsche, or Hegel, and then some other men - but Germany in the 1800s was also home to a number of women philosophers.

Mr Agnew explained that in the 19th Century, toys were "very much a rich person's object". He said: "Although, we call them ...

The upshot of this German pivot became obvious as the 19th century rolled on. In 1865, Friedrich Michelis wrote in his history of philosophy, “No Asian people … has lifted itself to the ...

As politicians worldwide scramble to appeal to working people, this city in northern England has a claim to be the birthplace of the very concept of the working class.

Sword found in 19th-century German cellar is something much older — and from far away. ... archaeologists realized this was something much older — and it wasn’t German.

More than 400 German toys dating from the 19th Century have sold at auction for almost £200,000. The collection of toys made out of wood, ...

Nineteenth century thinkers flocked to Manchester to chronicle the working class, including Engels and Marx. Engels moved to Manchester in 1842, at age 22, to manage his father's cotton factory on ...

More than 400 German toys dating from the 19th Century have sold at auction for almost £200,000. The collection of toys made out of wood, papier-mâché or composition in the Sonneberg and ...