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In the preface to this work, also known as the German Logic, Christian Wolff (1679–1754) defines philosophy and its several branches. First published in 1712, Wolff's textbook was reprinted numerous times and aimed to provide a vernacular philosophy that was both accessible and practical. Wolff constructed his philosophy through a complex and ...
Aug 26, 2020 · Abstract. It is not until Christian Wolff that the term psychology is explicitly given a central position in philosophy. He is also the one that redefines metaphysics and gives it a key role in philosophy again. Thus, Wolff represents a summary of the developments that had taken place since the concept of psychology was first used in the early ...
Mar 21, 2024 · Abstract. This is a collection of sixteen essays by a diverse group of international scholars that offers a wide-ranging and contemporary perspective on the major aspects of Christian Wolff’s ethics. The volume focuses on Wolff’s German Ethics, arguably his most important and influential text on moral philosophy, but many of the chapters ...
Jan 24, 2020 · Christian Wolff (24 January 1679 – 9 April 1754) On January 24, 1679, German philosopher Christian Wolff was born. One of the most important philosophers of the Enlightenment between Leibniz and Kant, he is one of the most important representatives of natural law and is regarded as the actual founder of 19th-century jurisprudence on concepts.
Christian Wolff was a rationalist polymath and an influential leader of the early German Enlightenment. He was born in Breslau into an impoverished family of leather workers. In his academic career, he gained renown by teaching mathematics and became famous for systematizing and updating the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried ...
Jun 1, 2024 · Christian Wolff (1679 – 1754), philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, is widely and rightly regarded as the most important and influential German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant. His scholarly output was prolific, numbering more than 50 titles (most multi-volume), in addition to dozens of shorter essays and prefaces and nearly 500 ...
Jun 5, 2012 · Christian Wolff was born in Breslau, Germany, in 1679. He studied theology and mathematics and in 1706 was appointed professor of mathematics and natural science at the University of Halle. An early essay of his on the application of mathematical method to practical philosophy won Leibniz's admiration. Leibniz thereafter corresponded with him ...
