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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Freiherr von (1646-1716), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Joannes Franciscus Buddeus (1667-1729), Christian Wolff Freiherr von (1679-1754,), Ernst Christoph Manteuffel Graf von (1676-1749), Christian Thomasius (1655-1728), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Freiherr von (1646-1716,), Joachim Lange (1670-1744), Johan Nicolai Tetens (1738-1807), Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700-1766)Important points for Wolff
Biography
Christian Wolff was born on 24 January 1679 in Breslau in the province of Silesia (now part of Poland) into a modest family. Christian Wolff was born 24 January 1679 in Breslau in the province of Silesia (now part of Poland) to parents of modest means. Wolff was educated at the Lutheran-humanist Maria-Magdelena-Gymansium, where his teachers included Christian Gryphius (1649–1706), a baroque poet and dramatist, and Caspar Neumann (1648–1715), the latter of whom Wolff credited with introducing him to the Cartesian philosophy. In 1699, Wolff enrolled at the University of Jena, where he pursued a course of study in theology, physics, and mathematics, moving from there to Leipzig in 1702 where he would sit the Magisterexamen and then complete his Habilitationsschrift in 1703 entitled: Philosophia practica universalis, methodo mathematica conscripta (On Universal Practical Philosophy, composed according to the Mathematical Method). Otto Mencke (1644–1707), the founder of the learned journal Acta eruditorum, served as an examiner for the dissertation and, impressed, sent it to Leibniz, with whom Wolff subsequently struck up a correspondence that continued until Leibniz’s death in 1716. Due in part to Leibniz’s support, Wolff was soon offered, and accepted, a position in Giessen (though he had also been offered positions at Danzig and Wismar) which he intended to take up after visiting his family in Breslau. However, on his homeward journey the occupation of Saxony by Charles XII of Sweden required Wolff to take a detour through nearby Halle in Brandenburg-Prussia, whose recently founded university also happened to be in need of a professor of mathematics. Wolff was offered the position and, again with Leibniz’s assistance, was able to extricate himself from his commitment to Giessen, delivering his inaugural lecture at Halle in early 1707. During the next 16 years he enjoyed a prolific period, publishing and lecturing at first primarily in mathematics and natural science, though he began to lectu German philosopher (1679–1754) Christian Wolff Breslau, Duchies of Silesia, Holy Roman Empire Halle an der Saale, Duchy of Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire Main interests Notable ideas Christian Wolff (; less correctly Wolf,German:[vɔlf]; also known as Wolfius; ennobled as Christian Freiherr von Wolff in 1745; 24 January 1679 – 9 April 1754) was a German philosopher. Wolff is characterized as one of the most eminent German philosophers between Leibniz and Kant. His life work spanned almost every scholarly subject of his time, displayed and unfolded according to his demonstrative-deductive, mathematical method, which some deem the peak of Enlightenmentrationality in Germany. Wolff wrote in German as his primary language of scholarly instruction and research, although he did translate his works into Latin for his transnational European audie
He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Jena from 1699, soon adding philosophy. He entered Leipzig University and got the PD degree in 1703. In the later 3 years, he lectured there as a professor. Then he went to the University of Halle as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. At Halle, he lectures in the fields of mathematics, physics, and all the main philosophical disciplines. Besides, he had made the acquaintance of Gottfried Leibniz, who deeply influenced his philosophy.
Halle was the headquarters of Pietism, which, after a long struggle against Lutheran dogmatism, had assumed the characteristics of a new orthodoxy. But Wollf’s professed ideal was to base theological truths on mathematically certain evidence. The seeds of conflict were planted due to this difference. In 1721, Wolff became pro-rector, delivering a speech named “On the Practical Philosophy of the Chinese” in which he praised the purity of the moral precepts of Confucius, pointing to them as evidence of the power of human reason to reach moral truth by its own efforts. Addition with Wolff’s comparison based on books by the Flemish missionaries François Noël (1651–1729) and Philippe Couplet (1623–1693), Moses, Christ, and Mohammed with Confucius were accused by Prof. August Hermann Francke of fatalism and atheism. And Wolff was ousted in 1723 from his first chair at Halle. His successors were Joachim Lange and his son. They irritated the king Frederick William I, who deprived Wolff of his office, and ordered Wolff to leave Prussian territory within 48 hours or be hanged. At the same day, Wolff went to the University of Marburg and was welcomed by the Landgrave of Hesse. Thanks to the expulsion, his philosophy attracted broad attention, discussed by people everywhere.
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1. Biographical Sketch
Christian Wolff (philosopher)
Born (1679-01-24)24 January 1679
(present-day Wrocław, Poland)Died 9 April 1754(1754-04-09) (aged 75) Education University of Jena (1699–1702)
University of Leipzig (Dr. phil. habil., 1703)Era 18th-century philosophy Region Western philosophy School Age of Enlightenment
RationalismInstitutions Leipzig University
University of Halle
University of MarburgThesis Philosophia practica universalis, methodo mathematica conscripta (On Universal Practical Philosophy, Composed from the Mathematical Method) (1703) Academic advisors Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
Gottfried Leibniz (epistolary correspondent)Notable students Mikhail Lomonosov
A. G. BaumgartenPhilosophical logic, metaphysics Theoretical philosophy has for its parts ontology (also philosophia prima or general metaphysics) and three special metaphysical disciplines (rational psychology, rational cosmology, rational theology)
Coining the philosophical term "idealism"