Summary:In this paper the psychological and historical problems of the german philosophy of nature at the time about 1800 are described. During this time the romantic philosopher and scientist of nature Ritter developed a new scientific branch of knowledge: the electrochemistry. Ritter represents exemplarily the type of a romantic dilettante. In this period, the problem of dilettantism got a new validity, especially by Goethe and Schiller: it was recognized as a positive power of human.In the romantic dilettantism of Ritter three aspects are shown: lst, romantic dilettantes are intellectual flaneurs; 2nd, romantic dilettantes confront facts and general provisions, which up to this moment are supposed to be paradox, and obtain by this method a synthesis; 3rd. romantic dilettantes favour the intuitive power.Schlusselworter: Anschaulichkeit, Dilettantismus, Elektrochemie, Galvanismus, Historizitat, Kantianismus, Naturphilosophie, Romantik; XVII Jh., XVIII Jh.
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