What is Ludwig Büchner?
[[Image:Ludwig Büchner.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ludwig Büchner]] '''Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig Büchner''' (29 March 1824 &ndash; 1 May 1899) was a [[Germans|German]] [[philosopher]], [[physiologist]] and [[physician]] who became one of the exponents of [[19th century]] scientific [[materialism]]. Büchner was born at [[Darmstadt]], [[Germany]], on 29 March 1824. From 1842 to 1848 he studied [[physics]], [[chemistry]], [[botany]], [[mineralogy]], [[philosophy]] and [[medicine]] at the University of [[Giessen]]. In 1852 he became lecturer in [[medicine]] at the University of [[Tübingen]], where he published his great work ''Kraft und Stoff: Empirisch-naturphilosophische Studien'' (Force and Matter: Empiricophilosophical Studies, 1855). In this work,<ref>the product, according to Lange, of a fanatical enthusiasm for humanity</ref> he sought to demonstrate the indestructibility of [[matter]] and [[Force (physics)|force]]. The extreme [[materialism]] of this work excited so much opposition that he was compelled to give up his post at Tübingen. He retired to [[Darmstadt]], where he practiced as a physician and contributed regularly to pathological and physiological magazines. He died at Darmstadt on 1 May 1899. Ludwig Büchner was the brother of [[Georg Büchner]], a famous [[playwright]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Wikisource1911Enc|Büchner, Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig}} {{1911}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/GeogHist/histories/histdocts/Biblio19/19/Buchner/1855buchner.html Some brief excerpts from Büchner's ''Force and Matter''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052429/http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/GeogHist/histories/histdocts/Biblio19/19/Buchner/1855buchner.html |date=2007-10-10 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Buchner, Friedrich}} [[Category:1824 births]] [[Category:1899 deaths]] [[Category:German philosophers]] [[Category:Scientists from Darmstadt]] [[Category:Writers from Hesse]]