Johann Joachim Lange

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Name Johann Lange Died 1744, Halle, Germany		Role Poet

Johann Joachim Lange (1670 in Gardelegen – 1744 in Halle) was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher.

Lange was educated in Leipzig, Erfurt and Halle. He was influenced by Christian Thomasius and the pietist August Hermann Francke. He became a professor of theology at Halle in 1709, and opposed the philosophy of Christian Wolff. He died in Halle on May 7,1744.

Lange wrote the hymn O God, what offering shall I give?, translated into English by John Wesley.

His son, Samuel Gotthold Lange, was a noted poet.

Works

Medicina mentis, 1704

Causa dei et religionis naturalis adversum atheismus, 1723

Modesta Disqvisitio Novi Philosophiae Systematis De Deo, Mvndo Et Homine, Et Praesertim De Harmonia Commercii Inter Animam Et Corpvs Praestabilita; Cvm Epicrisi In Viri Cvivsdam Clarissimi Commentationem ; De Differentia Nexvs Rervm Sapientis Et Fatalis Necessitatis, Nec Non Systematis Harmoniae ..., 1723

References

Johann Joachim Lange Wikipedia

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