Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Hinrichs (22 April 1794 – 17 September 1861) was a German right Hegelian philosopher.
He studied theology at Strassburg, and, following a crisis of faith, philosophy at Heidelberg under Hegel, who wrote a preface to his Religion im innern Verhältniss zur Wissenschaft (Heidelberg, 1822),[1] describing Hinrichs's work as turgid and difficult to follow.
Hinrichs was convinced that philosophy was superior to theology in knowing and reconciling with God.
He became a Privatdozent in 1819, and held professorships at Breslau (1822) and Halle (1824),[1] which were important centers of Hegelianism outside Berlin.
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