1798 in philosophy

Events

Publications

• Immanuel Kant's Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798)
• Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)

Births

• February 17 - Friedrich Eduard Beneke (died 1854)
• February 19 - Auguste Comte (died 1857)
• April 7 - Pierre Leroux (died 1871)
• May 9 - Augustin Bonnetty (died 1879)
• June 29 - Giacomo Leopardi (died 1837)
• December 20 - Laurens Perseus Hickok (died 1888)
• December 29 - Barzillai Quaife (died 1873)

Deaths

• December 1 - Michael Gottlieb Birckner (born 1756)
• May 28 - James Dunbar (born 1742)
• June 24 - Rigas Feraios (born 1757)
• December 1 - Christian Garve (born 1742)