Andrea Wulf - Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

Auguste Bhmer (17851800)

The oldest daughter of Caroline Bhmer-Schlegel-Schelling. She lived with her mother and stepfather August Wilhelm Schlegel in Jena from 1796 to 1800.

Caroline Bhmer-Schlegel-Schelling, ne Michaelis (17631809)

A writer, translator, literary critic and muse to the Jena Set. She was married to Franz Bhmer from 1784 to 1788, to August Wilhelm Schlegel from 1796 to 1803, and to Friedrich Schelling from 1803 to 1809. She lived in Jena from 1796 to 1803.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte (17621814)

A philosopher who lived in Jena from 1794 to 1799. He moved to Berlin in July 1799. He was married to Johanne Fichte, ne Rahn (17551819).

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832)

A poet and privy councillor to Duke Carl August in the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar. Goethe lived in Weimar but visited Jena regularly, often for several weeks. His lover and later wife Christiane Vulpius (17651816) was the mother of his son August von Goethe (17891830).

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (17701831)

A philosopher who joined his friend Friedrich Schelling in Jena at the beginning of 1801. He lived in Jena until 1807.

Alexander von Humboldt (17691859)

A scientist and explorer who often visited his older brother Wilhelm von Humboldt in Jena between 1794 and 1797.

Caroline von Humboldt, ne Dacherden (17661829)

Wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt. She lived in Jena (with interruptions) together with her husband from 1794 to 1797.

Wilhelm von Humboldt (17671835)

A linguist and Prussian diplomat who lived in Jena (with interruptions) from 1794 to 1797. He was married to Caroline von Humboldt and was Alexander von Humboldts older brother.

Novalis (17721801)

Friedrich von Hardenberg was a poet, writer and mining inspector who used the pen name Novalis. He studied in Jena from 1790 to 1791. His family estate Weienfels was not far from Jena and he visited his friends regularly between 1795 and 1801. He was first engaged to Sophie von Khn and then to Julie von Charpentier.

Friedrich Schelling (17751854)

A young philosopher who lived and taught in Jena from 1798 to 1803. He had an affair with Caroline Schlegel and married her in 1803.

Friedrich Schiller (17591805)

A playwright and poet. Schiller lived in Jena from 1789 to 1799. He moved to Weimar in December 1799. He was married to Charlotte Schiller, ne von Lengefeld (17661826).

August Wilhelm Schlegel (17671845)

A writer, poet, translator and literary critic. He lived in Jena from 1796 to 1801. He was married to Caroline Bhmer-Schlegel-Schelling and was Friedrich Schlegels older brother.

Friedrich Schlegel (17721829)

A writer and literary critic. He lived in Jena from 1796 to 1797 and from 1799 to 1801. He met his married lover Dorothea Veit-Schlegel in Berlin in 1799. They married in 1804. He was August Wilhelm Schlegels younger brother.

Friedrich Schleiermacher (17681834)

A theologian and chaplain. Although Schleiermacher never visited Jena, he was a regular correspondent with members of the Jena Set and his views on religion became important to them. Friedrich Schlegel met him in 1797 in Berlin and shared his lodgings.

Ludwig Tieck (17731853)

A writer, poet and translator. He met Friedrich Schlegel in Berlin and lived in Jena from 1799 to 1800. He was married to Amalie Tieck.

Dorothea Veit-Schlegel, ne Brendel Mendelssohn (17641839)

A writer and translator. She was married to Simon Veit from 1783 to 1799. Friedrich Schlegel was her lover for several years before they married in 1804. She lived in Jena from 1799 to 1802.

Attend to yourself; turn your eye away from all that surrounds you and in towards your own inner self. Such is the first demand that Philosophy imposes upon the student. We speak of nothing that is outside you, but solely of yourself.