Arnold Ruge 822815 225729747 2008-07-15T03:11:59Z Olessi 220894 cats '''Arnold Ruge''' ([[13 September]] [[1802]] - [[31 December]] [[1880]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[philosopher]] and [[politics|political]] writer. Born in [[Bergen auf Rügen|Bergen]], he studied in [[University of Heidelberg|Heidelberg]]. As an advocate of a free and united Germany he was jailed for 5 years in 1825 in the fortress of [[Kolobrzeg|Kolberg]]. Moving to [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]] on his release, he published a number of plays, translations of [[Greek language|ancient Greek]] texts and became associated with the [[Young Hegelians]]. According to [[Frederick Copleston]] (''A History of Philosophy'', volume VII, p. 301) <blockquote>''Ruge shared Hegel's belief that history is a progressive advance towards the realization of freedom, and that freedom is attained in the State, the creation of the rational General Will.[...] At the same time he criticized Hegel for having given an interpretation of history which was closed to the future, in the sense that it left no room for novelty.</blockquote> In [[Paris]], Ruge co-edited the ''[[Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher]]'' with [[Karl Marx]] briefly (Copleston p.307) before coordinating the activities of the [[French Left|far left]] in the [[French Revolutions of 1848|revolutionary movement of 1848]] which tumbled down the [[July Monarchy]]. In 1850 he moved to [[Brighton]] to live as a [[teacher]] and [[writer]], limiting his political involvement to the public support of [[Prussia]] between 1866 and 1870. On a smaller scale, while in Brighton, he was chairman of the successful ''Park Crescent Residents' Association''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruge, Arnold}} [[Category:1802 births]] [[Category:1880 deaths]] [[Category:19th century German philosophers]] [[Category:Continental philosophers]] [[Category:German philosophers]] [[Category:German-language philosophers]] [[Category:Members of the Frankfurt Parliament]] [[Category:People from Swedish Pomerania]] [[Category:University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni]] [[Category:University of Jena alumni]] [[Category:University of Heidelberg alumni]] {{philosopher-stub}} [[de:Arnold Ruge]] [[it:Arnold Ruge]] [[no:Arnold Ruge]] [[tr:Arnold Ruge]]