Home›Metaphysics›Nationality›GermanyBrowse ByGermanyNationality groups philosophers by the country each one came from. Wikipedia describes Immanuel Kant as "a German philosopher," a nationality that placed him within the German university system of his day. This dimension shows which countries produced the philosophers behind a given tradition.FactsGermanySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested6 BCE 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Greek 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Indian 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Chinese 1GermanyFilter Results17 entriesSchool of PhilosophyAllContinental Philosophy (1)German Idealism (2)Phenomenology (1)Rationalism (1)Transcendentalism (1)Branch of PhilosophyAllEpistemology (2)Ethics (1)Metaphilosophy (1)Metaphysics (7)EraAll1200 (1)1501 (1)1723 (1)1762 (1)1775 (1)1788 (1)1803 (1)1883 (1)1889 (1)TraditionAllFrench materialism (1)German Idealism (1)German Idealism, Naturphilosophie (1)Neo-Confucianism (Zhu Xi) (1)Phenomenology, fundamental ontology, continental philosophy (1)Transcendentalism, American idealism (1)Influenced ByAllAristotle (1)Emanuel Swedenborg (1)Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1)Giorgio Agamben (1)Immanuel Kant (2)Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1)Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1)Luce Irigaray (1)Plato (1)Ralph Waldo Emerson (2)Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1)Thomas Carlyle (1)Voltaire (1)In GroupAll19th Century Philosophy (1)Classical Chinese Philosophy (1)Contemporary Continental Philosophy (5)German Idealism And Romanticism (6)Medieval Scholastic Philosophy (1)Renaissance And Early Modern (3)Birthplace / RegionAllGermany (17)BrowseCompareSelect all 17Albertus MagnusGermanyArthur SchopenhauerGermanyBaron d'HolbachGermanyFriedrich Wilhelm Joseph SchellingGermanyGerard BollandGermanyGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGermanyJan JeseniusGermanyJean LacosteGermanyJohann Gottlieb FichteGermanyKarin de BoerGermanyKarl JaspersGermanyLorenz Bruno PuntelGermanyMartin HeideggerGermanyRalph Waldo EmersonGermanySamuel Taylor ColeridgeGermanyThomas CarlyleGermanyYi HwangGermanySources1. Metaphysics (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaMetaphysics, lead section, Greek emergence sentenceIn ancient Greece, metaphysics emerged in the 6th century BCE with the pre-Socratic philosophers, who gave rational explanations of the cosmos as a whole.Metaphysics, lead section, Indian origin sentenceIn ancient India, starting in the 7th century BCE, the Upanishads were written as religious and philosophical texts that examine how ultimate reality constitutes the ground of all being.Metaphysics, lead section, Chinese origin sentenceAt about the same time in ancient China, the school of Taoism was formed and explored the natural order of the universe.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.