With the exception of his works on aesthetics, Baumgarten in general kept very close to Wolff's teachings, although he dissented from Wolff on several special points. Kant considered him to be one of the greatest metaphysicians of his time and adopted his Metaphysics and Practical Philosophy as textbooks for his own lectures at K önigsberg. In 1740 he was appointed full professor at Frankfurt an der Oder, where he remained until his death.īaumgarten's Latin handbooks on metaphysics, ethics, and practical philosophy were widely used in German universities both in his time and after his death, and his influence was extraordinary. While teaching there, Baumgarten, in reaction against the Pietism dominant at Halle after the expulsion of Christian Wolff in 1723, reintroduced Wolffian philosophy. After receiving a master's degree in 1735, he was appointed a teacher at Halle and in 1738 became extraordinary professor. Baumgarten studied philosophy and theology at Halle. He was the son of an assistant to the Pietist theologian and pedagogue August Hermann Francke his brother was the famous divine and church historian Sigmund Jakob. Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, the German Wolffian philosopher and aesthetician, was born in Berlin.
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