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Biography. He was born in Leipzig and was educated by his father, Jakob Thomasius (1622–1684), at that time a junior lecturer in Leipzig University (later dean and rector, as well as head master of Thomasschule zu Leipzig ). Through his father's lectures, Christian came under the influence of the political philosophy of Hugo Grotius and ...
Apr 22, 2024 · Christian Thomasius (born Jan. 1, 1655, Leipzig—died Sept. 23, 1728, Halle, Saxony) was a German philosopher and progressive educator, who established the academic reputation of the newly founded University of Halle (1694) as one of the first modern universities.
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Jun 11, 2018 · The German philosopher and jurist Christian Thomasius (1655-1728) was one of the most respected and influential university teachers of his day. He was instrumental in the popularization of the Enlightenment in Germany. Christian Thomasius was born in Leipzig on Jan. 1, 1655. He received his early education there from his father, a schoolteacher.
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Mar 10, 2002 · 1. Christian Thomasius 1.1 Life and Works. Christian Thomasius was born on 1 January 1655 in Leipzig. He was the son of Jakob Thomasius (1622–84), a well-known jurist and philosopher at the University of Leipzig who counted Leibniz among his students.
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Thomasius was born into a family of Lutheran jurists and academics in Leipzig, in the German territorial state of Saxony, on January 1, 1655. 1 His father, Jacob (1622–84), was a philosophy professor at the University of Leipzig, where Christian enrolled in 1669 and graduated with a master’s degree in 1672. That year also saw the ...
Sep 15, 2017 · In particular, I shall focus on a central figure of early eighteenth-century intellectual history: the jurist and philosopher Christian Thomasius (1655–1728). Now known mainly for his criticism of witchcraft trials and judicial torture, Thomasius's reputation in German intellectual history is comparable to that of John Locke in England.
Apr 4, 2023 · Abstract. Thomasius, Christian (1655–1728), was a jurist, law professor, philosopher, and protagonist of the early Enlightenment in Germany. His work includes nearly all positions later to be considered as the key elements of the enlightenment, e.g., the emphasis of self-thinking and the fight against prejudices, the purpose of all knowledge ...
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