author
Harald Høffding
1843–1931
A leading Danish philosopher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he wrote clearly about ethics, religion, psychology, and the history of modern thought. His books helped bring philosophy to a wide audience far beyond Denmark.
2 Audiobooks
Jean Jacques Rousseau ja hänen filosofiansa
by Harald Høffding
Uskonto ja tiede
by Harald Høffding
About the author
Born in Copenhagen in 1843, Harald Høffding became one of Denmark’s best-known philosophers and spent most of his life in the city. He studied theology, but turned toward philosophy, later teaching at the University of Copenhagen and serving there as professor of philosophy from 1883 to 1915.
His work brought together several strands of thought: he was influenced early on by Søren Kierkegaard, while also engaging deeply with Kant, modern psychology, and a broadly positivist outlook. He wrote on ethics, the philosophy of religion, and the history of philosophy, and he became especially well known for books that explained modern philosophical ideas in an accessible way.
Høffding’s writing is often valued for its balance of seriousness and clarity. Rather than building a closed system, he explored how belief, feeling, knowledge, and moral life fit together, which makes his work still appealing to readers who like philosophy that stays close to human experience.