Friedrich August Carus (26 April 1770, Bautzen – 6 February 1807, Leipzig) was a German philosopher.
In 1796 he became an associate professor of philosophy at Leipzig, where in 1805 he attained a full professorship.
[2] As a philosopher he was influenced by the writings of Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi.
[3][4] After his death, his principal philosophical, psychological, theological and historical works were edited and published in seven volumes by Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand and Johann David Goldhorn with the title "Nachgelassene Werke" (1808–10).
[5] Note: Carus wrote his reviews for the Neues theologisches Journal anonymously, using the signature "Hld".