 Bauer, at 26 years of age, was chosen by the Hegelians to refute David Strauss in the Hegelian "Journal für wissenschaftliche Kritik" ("Journal of Philosophical Criticism").Bauer ably showed that Strauss misrepresented Hegel, and that Strauss' position differed significantly from Hegel's.Bauer also demonstrated that David Strauss' so-called dialectic was taken from Schleiermacher (who had been antagonistic toward Hegel).