The Value of a Chair: The Moral Teachings

Abstract

In 1910, Hägerström’s friend and mentor, Erik Burman – «the Socrates of Swedish Philosophy»Opinion of A. Hägerström in an interview by H. Apéria-Meurling, Samtal med en svensk tänkare, in «Ord och Bild», 1939, 48, p. 420: «den svenska filosofiens Sokrates.» – retired from the chair in practical philosophy because of his frequent health problems. Even though Burman had considered Das Prinzip “an attempt to refute him” he did not hesitate to nominate Hägerström as his successor.