Christian August Clodius

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Christian August Clodius, painting by Benjamin Calau after Anton Graff , 1770, Gleimhaus Halberstadt

Christian August Clodius (also: Klöde ; born January 5, 1737 in Annaberg ; † November 30, 1784 in Leipzig ) was a German poet and philosopher.

Life

Christian August was the son of Christian Clodius (1694–1775) and Eleonora Sophia (née Scheureck, 1713–1758). He had received his first education from his father and expanded it at the Ratsgymnasium in Cottbus . In 1756 he began studying philosophy at the University of Leipzig . After the death of his mother, he returned to Cottbus in 1758, where he made the acquaintance of Ewald Christian von Kleist . This motivated him to deal more with German literary studies. Therefore, he went back to Leipzig, where he, encouraged by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, acquired the academic degree of master's degree in philosophical sciences in 1759 and then became a private lecturer.

Portrait of Christian August Clodius, Anton Graff , 1769

In 1760 he became an associate professor of philosophy and in 1764 a full professor. After he had been accepted as a member of the great prince ’s college in 1771 , he was given the professorship of logic in 1778. In the summer semester of 1781 he was rector of the Alma Mater and in 1782 was able to receive his desired professorship in poetry at the Leipzig University. From 1782 he was permanent secretary of the Jablonski Society .

In 1771 he married the future translator and writer Julie , b. Stölzel (1755-1805). His son, the poet and philosopher Christian August Heinrich Clodius has also gained importance.

Works (selection)

  • In reditu felici Frider. Christiani et Maria e Antoniae Princip. Saxon. patriae congratulations. Leipzig 1762
  • Praesidia eloquentiae Romanae. Leipzig 1762
  • Super Quinctiliani iudicio de sublimitate Homeri exercitatio. Leipzig 1765
  • Cantata on the arrival of the high rulers in Leipzig. Leipzig 1765
  • The patriot, a prelude. Leipzig 1766
  • Ode to the restoration of the Electress. Leipzig 1766
  • Prologue at the opening of the new theater in Leipzig. Leipzig 1766
  • Experiments from literature and morals. 1-4 pieces, Leipzig 1767
  • Medon, or the wise man's vengeance. Leipzig 1768
  • Demopater and Augusta, a drama. Leipzig 1769. 3.
  • The patriot on Fnedrichstag. Leipzig 1769
  • Poems on homage. Leipzig 1769
  • The Temple of Hope. Leipzig 1771
  • To Mr. Scheppingk. Leipzig 1771
  • AG Plazio lauream secularem congratulations facultas medica. Leipzig 1775
  • The Königstein in a thunderstorm; an ode. Leipzig 1778
  • Truth and religion. An ode. Leipzig 1778
  • Harmonides: Diss. De necessitudine litterarum et philosophiae P. I et II. Leipzig 1779-4 *
  • in memoriam divi Jablonovii; in Actt. Societ. Jablonov. Tom. V. 1780
  • New mixed fonts. Oratio 1st part Phocio, 2 part Scipio, 3 part Dinocrates, 4 part Orosmann. Leipzig 1780, 5 u. 6 part, Leipzig 1787
  • Genethliacon Mariae Augustae. Leipzig 1782
  • Progr. Encomium Horatii. Leipzig 1783
  • Odeum. 1st and 2nd part. Leipzig 1784
  • Dissertationes et Carinina. Leipzig 1787

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personal data
SURNAME Clodius, Christian August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dumplings
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH Annaberg
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1784
Place of death Leipzig