Julius Duboc

Julius Duboc was a German author and philosopher.

Biography

Karl Julius Duboc was the brother of the writer and painter Charles Edouard Duboc. He studied in Leipzig, Giessen, and Berlin. During his studies he became a member of the Cattia Gießen fraternity in 1849. He also became a student of Ludwig Feuerbach.
In his philosophical writings, Duboc propagated a form of ethically reverent atheism and defended optimism in opposition to Arthur Schopenhauer's pessimism. He critiqued Friedrich Nietzsche in his 1897 "Anti-Nietzsche". He also published historical works as well as essays and novellas. He died in Niederlößnitz in 1903 and was cremated in the Crematorium Gotha.

Works

Evolutionary monism, atheism and the doctrine that pleasure is the end of all human activity find expression in his works, which include:Soziale Briefe Geschichte der Englischen Presse Die Psychologie der Liebe Das Leben ohne Gott, Untersuchungen über den ethischen Gehalt des Atheismus Gegen den Strom Der Optimismus als Weltanschauung Hundert Jahre Zeitgeist in Deutschland Jenseits von Wirklichen Anti-Nietzsche Die Lust als sozialethisches Entwicklungsprinzip

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