Fritz Medicus

Born(1876-04-23)April 23, 1876

Stadtlauringen, Germany

DiedJanuary 13, 1956(1956-01-13) (aged 79)

Zürich, Switzerland

Occupationphilosopher

Fritz Medicus
Fritz Medicus, c. 1945
Born	(1876-04-23)April 23, 1876 Stadtlauringen, Germany
Died	January 13, 1956(1956-01-13) (aged 79) Zürich, Switzerland
Occupation	philosopher

Fritz Medicus (April 23, 1876 – January 13, 1956) was a German-Swiss philosopher. He was awarded his doctorate while studying in Jena, with the publication of his dissertation, Kant's transcendental aesthetics and non-euclidian geometry. He was the Chair of Philosophy at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, and moved to ETH Zurich in 1911.^[1] Medicus wrote in the tradition of German idealism.^[2]