Christian Wolff

Philosopher, Academic

1679 – 1754

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Who was Christian Wolff?

Christian Wolff was a German philosopher.

He was the most eminent German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant. His main achievement was a complete oeuvre on almost every scholarly subject of his time, displayed and unfolded according to his demonstrative-deductive, mathematical method, which perhaps represents the peak of Enlightenment rationality in Germany.

Wolff was also the creator of German as the language of scholarly instruction and research, although he also wrote in Latin, so that an international audience could, and did, read him. A founding father of, among other fields, economics and public administration as academic disciplines, he concentrated especially in these fields, giving advice on practical matters to people in government, and stressing the professional nature of university education.

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Born
Jan 24, 1679
Wrocław
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Employment
  • University of Leipzig
Lived in
  • Silesia
  • Wrocław
Died
Apr 9, 1754
Halle

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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