Hans Vaihinger
Hans Vaihinger , 1852-1933, German philosopher. Educated at Tübingen, Leipzig, and Berlin, he served at Strasbourg first as tutor and then as professor of philosophy. One of the great Kant scholars, in 1884 he went to Halle, where he became full professor in 1892. His studies of Kant culminated in Kant—ein Metaphysiker? (1899). His own system was set forth in 1911 and was translated into English as The Philosophy of As If (1924). He argued that since reality cannot be truly known, human beings construct systems of thought to satisfy their needs and then assume that actuality agrees with their constructions; i.e., people act "as if" the real were what they assume it to be.
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AWARDING AN ART-MAD DUKE.(Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria von Wittelsbach)
Magazine article from: WWD; 11/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria von Wittelsbach, 69, is modestly self-effacing...and who likes hunting wild boar on the Wittelsbach family property in Ingolstadt, near...addition to influencing the art world, the Wittelsbach family dynasty also has played a significant...
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The Washington, D.C.-based Phillips Collection has given its Duncan Phillips Award for collectors and patrons to Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria von Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria.(Awards & Grants)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 1/1/2004; 428 words
; The Washington, D.C.-based Phillips Collection has given its Duncan Phillips Award for collectors and patrons to Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria von Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria. His collection of 800 works forms the nucleus of the new Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
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Big blue diamond on display in London
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/5/2008; ; 697 words
; ...exceedingly rare, and the 35.56 carat Wittelsbach Diamond has often had its color and...smaller than the Hope Diamond, the Wittelsbach Diamond was a favorite of European rulers...succesion of his heirs. The gem got the Wittelsbach name after 1722 when Leopold's granddaughter...
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Rare diamond up for auction
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/7/2008; ; 440 words
; ...exceedingly rare, and the 35.56 carat Wittelsbach Diamond has often had its color and...smaller than the Hope Diamond, the Wittelsbach Diamond was a favorite of European rulers...succesion of his heirs. The gem got the Wittelsbach name after 1722 when Leopold's granddaughter...
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The diamond that would be an investor's best friend
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 12/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...first time in almost 80 years, the rare Wittelsbach Diamond, which has a 300-year-plus...examples to date were comparable with the Wittelsbach Diamond. A spokeswoman said: "Blue...extraordinary. The appearance of the Wittelsbach at auction is a landmark event, as...
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Rare blue royal diamond sets all time auction record of Au16.3m.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 12/11/2008; 698 words
; ...3 million pounds at an auction. The Wittelsbach Diamond, which had been in the Wittelsbach family since 1722, had been expected to...passed on to his heirs and entered the Wittelsbach family in 1772, a German dynasty, to...
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HISTORIC BLUE DIAMOND FROM INDIA MAY FETCH £10M AT CHRISTIE'S
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 11/3/2008; 570 words
; ...hammer at Christie's, London.The Wittelsbach diamond, which apparently originated...coloured diamonds comparable to the Wittelsbach have been put up in an auction before...handle a museum quality stone such as the Wittelsbach. "The appearance of a large blue diamond...
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Jewelry auctions reflecting global economy.
Magazine article from: Israel Diamonds; 2/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...December 10, where the 35.56-carat Wittelsbach blue diamond, which dates to the 17th...century, with the first record of the Wittelsbach diamond dating back to 1664. The stone...on to Bavaria, where it acquired the Wittelsbach name, until 1918, when Bavaria became...
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RARE BLUE ROYAL DIAMOND SETS ALL TIME AUCTION RECORD OF £16.3M
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/11/2008; 457 words
; ...3 million pounds at an auction. The Wittelsbach Diamond, which had been in the Wittelsbach family since 1722, had been expected to...passed on to his heirs and entered the Wittelsbach family in 1772, a German dynasty, to...
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Famous blue diamond sells for record price: $24.3M
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...in London, Christie's said. The Wittelsbach Diamond, a 35.56 carat cushion...succession of heirs. The gem got the Wittelsbach name after 1722, when Leopold's granddaughter...Charles of Bavaria, a member of the Wittelsbach family. Der Blaue Wittelsbacher, as...
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Wittelsbach Dynasty (Bavaria)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
WITTELSBACH DYNASTY (BAVARIA) WITTELSBACH DYNASTY (BAVARIA). The Wittelsbachs were one of the more...and later kings (1806 – 1918). Otto I von Wittelsbach, appointed by Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in 1180, and...
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Wittelsbach
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Wittelsbach , German dynasty that ruled Bavaria...its name from the ancestral castle of Wittelsbach in Upper Bavaria. In 1180 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I invested Count Otto of Wittelsbach with the much-reduced duchy of Bavaria...
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Munich
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...course of the century that followed, the Wittelsbach dynasty increasingly identified Munich...modern Munich. At the same time, the Wittelsbach dynasty pioneered governmental innovations...Music was yet a third prong of the Wittelsbach's counteroffensive against Protestants...
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Bavaria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...what is now Austria) on Otto of Wittelsbach. The political history of Bavaria...importance, became that of the Wittelsbach family, which ruled until 1918. Bavaria under the Wittelsbachs The Wittelsbach fiefs, including the Rhenish Palatinate...
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Elisabeth, Empress of Austria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...was born Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie von Wittelsbach on December 24, 1837, in Munich...aristocratic families, the House of Wittelsbach. In possession of vast estates throughout...kingdom ruled by perhaps the most famous Wittelsbach, her cousin King Ludwig II (1845...
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