Oken, Lorenz, German naturalist; was professor first at Jena, then at Münich, and finally at Zurich, his settlement in the latter being due to the disfavour with which his political opinions, published in a journal of his called the Iris, were received in Germany; much of his scientific doctrine was deduced from a transcendental standpoint or by a priori reasonings; is mentioned in “Sartor” as one with whom Teufelsdröck in his early speculations had some affinity (1779‒1851).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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