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Name
  
Georg Meier


Role
  
Philosopher

Georg Friedrich Meier httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Born
  
26 March 1718 (
1718-03-26
)
Saxony-Anhalt

Occupation
  
Aesthetician and philosopher

Died
  
June 21, 1777, Halle, Germany

Education
  
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Books
  
Excerpt from the Doctrine of Reason: A Critical Translation with Kant’s Notes, The merry philosopher

Georg Friedrich Meier (26 March 1718, Saxony-Anhalt – 21 June 1777, Giebichenstein) was a German philosopher and aesthetician. A follower of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Meier reformed the philosophy of Christian Wolff by introducing elements of John Locke's empiricist theory of knowledge.

Meier studied philosophy and theology at the University of Halle, where he was a pupil of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. Meier succeeded Baumgarten as extraordinary professor, and became a full professor at Halle in 1748.

Works

  • Gedancken von Schertzen, Halle 1744.
  • Anfangsgründe aller schönen Künste und Wissenschaften, Halle 1748–50 (3 voll.).
  • Vernunftlehre, Halle 1752.
  • Auszug aus der Vernunftlehre, Halle 1752 (reprinted in Kant's gesammelte Schriften Akademie Ausgabe, XVI, pp. 1–872 with the annotations by Kant).
  • Metaphysik, Halle vol. 1 (1755), vol. 2 (1756), vol. 3 (1757), vol. 4 (1759).
  • Versuch einer allgemeinen Auslegungskunst, Halle 1757.
  • Philosophische Sittenlehre Halle 1753-1761 (5 voll.).
  • Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten Leben, Halle 1763.
  • Beyträge zu der Lehre von den Vorurtheilen,Halle 1766.
  • Betrachtungen über die Schranken der menschlichen Erkenntniss', Halle 1775.

    • References

    Georg Friedrich Meier Wikipedia
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