Rasmus Nielsen (philosopher)

Rasmus Nielsen (4 July 1809 – 30 September 1884) was a Danish philosopher and professor, as well as a critic of Søren Kierkegaard.

Nielsen was the son of a farmer. He studied theology at the University of Copenhagen, starting in 1832 and graduating in 1837. He then went on to get a licentiate degree and, after giving some lectures on theological topics, succeeded Poul Martin Møller as professor of moral theology.

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Philosophical Propadeutic () The Logic of Basic Concepts or The Logic of Fundamental Ideas (), 1864 The Philosophy of Religion (), 1869

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