Božidar Knežević

Božidar Knežević
Божидар Кнежевић
Sketch of Knežević (c. 1894)
Born(1862-03-03)3 March 1862
Ub, Serbia
Died18 February 1905(1905-02-18) (aged 42)
Belgrade, Serbia
Occupations
  • Secondary school teacher
  • School principal
  • Writer
  • Translator
Education
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade (Velika škola)
Philosophical work
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Main interests
Notable works
  • Principi istorije (2 vols., 1898–1901)
  • Misli (1902)
Notable ideas
  • Law of order in history
  • Law of proportion in history

Božidar Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар Кнежевић; 3 March 1862 – 18 February 1905) was a Serbian philosopher of history, writer, and translator. He worked as a secondary school teacher and principal in Serbia and is best known for his two-volume treatise Principi istorije (Principles of history), which presents a theory of universal evolution and historical proportion. He also translated works by Thomas Carlyle and Henry Thomas Buckle into Serbian.