Georg Brandes

• Brandes was a student of Sibbern, Nielsen, and Brøchner
• In his 1866 Dualismen i vor nyeste philosophie, Brandes argues against Rasmus Nielsen’s view that science and religion are based on heterogeneous principles (uensartede Principper).
• In his 1871 lectures Hovedstrømninger, Brandes argues that Darwinism refutes the moral teachings of traditional religions.
• Christian Bohr visited Brandes in Berlin.
• 1889: Brandes publishes “Aristocratic radicalism”

Primary sources

• Dualismen i vor nyeste philosophie
• Det moderne gennembruds mænd
• Levned

Secondary sources

• Georg Brandes and Harald Høffding. The Great Debate Nietzsche, Culture, and the Scandinavian Welfare Society. Edited and translated by William Banks
• Hjortshøj, Søren Blak. Son of Spinoza: Georg Brandes and Modern Jewish Cosmopolitanism. Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2021.
• Rubow, Paul Victor. Georg Brandes’ Briller. Levin & Munksgaard,