1798 in philosophy

1798 in philosophy

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)