Meyr, Melchior

Meyr, Melchior a philosophical writer of Germany, was born June 28, 1810, at Ehringen, near Nordlingen. He studied at Munich and Heidelberg, and died at Munich, April 22, 1871. Of his many writings we mention, Die Religion des Geistes (Leipsic, 1871): — Gott und Sein Reich (Stuttgart, 1860): — Drei Gespriche uber Wahrheit, Gute und Schonheit (1863): — Die Forttdauer nach dem Tode (2d ed. Leipsic, 1875): — Die Religion und

ihre jetzt gebotene Fortbildung (1871). After his death Bothmer and Carriere published from his manuscripts Gedanken uber Kunst, Religion und Philosophie (Leipsic, 1874). (B.P.)