Christian Röhrensee

Christian Röhrensee (born October 24, 1641 in Ehrenberg , † May 16, 1706 in Wittenberg ) was a German political scientist.

Life

Rörensee was enrolled at the University of Wittenberg on July 16, 1660 , where he already acquired the degree of master's degree on April 21, 1662 . Supported by Michael Wendler , he joined the Faculty of Philosophy as an adjunct on January 3, 1669 . In his first years at the faculty he had primarily dealt with the study of practical philosophy and then passed this on to noble students.

After his sponsor died, Röhrensee decided to take the position of professorship in ethics and politics. As the holder of the chair, he tried to broadly define his field of study by having extensive disputes about natural law and freedom of trade in his lectures. As a result, he got into a dispute with Georg Kasper Kirchmaier .

Above all, he was interested in the political and historical content of a classic author. In doing so, however, he intervened in the subject area of another professor and turned away listeners from him. In the last instance, the elector decided , not in the interests of Röhrensee. Nevertheless, many later well-known personalities passed through his school. He also took part in the organizational tasks and was rector of the university in the summer semesters of 1680 and 1696 .

Works (selection)

Prudentiam moralem
Tractatum de ordine equestri
De jure aedificandi majestatico, Wittenberg 1668
De ritu scindendi vestes 1668
De jure armorum 1669
De fortitudine, 1669
De jure muniendi, 1670
De jure circa aquas majestatico, 1671
De causis virtutum moralium, 1671
De jure majestatis in Academias 1671
De torneamentis, 1671
De virtutibus doctrinae morum & illarum oppositis, 1671
De regno Jeroboami, 1675
De callidis hostium consiliis 1675
De pactis fundamentalibus, 1675
De actione metu majoris mali edita, 1677
De poena innocentis, 1680
De monomachia Davidis cum Goliatho, 1681
De connubiis illustrium, 1682
De dignitatibus Academicis, 1682
De Platone caecutiente 1686
Fundamentum juris naturae 1687
De Homiletica adumbrata, 1693
De jure venationis majestati asserto,

literature

Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : Allgemeines Gelehrten – Lexikon 1750, Vol. 3, Sp. 2167
Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis , Volume 1 younger series, Halle 1952
Heinz Kathe : The Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty 1502–1817 (= Central German Research. Volume 117). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-412-04402-4 .
Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg . Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917,
Nikolaus Müller : The finds in the tower knobs of the town church in Wittenberg , Evangelical bookstore Ernst Holtermann , Magdeburg 1912
Röhrensee, Christian. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 32, Leipzig 1742, column 272 f.

Web links

Original works:

Disputatio Ethica de Actione Morali . Wittebergae 1665, online edition of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
Disputatio ethica de urbanitate . Wittebergae 1665, online edition of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library

personal data
SURNAME	Röhrensee, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German ethicist and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 24, 1641
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ehrenberg
DATE OF DEATH	May 16, 1706
Place of death	Wittenberg