Conrad Nahmmacher

Conrad Nahmmacher (born May 24, 1734 in Ratzeburg ; † May 6, 1768 in Ilfeld ) was a German Protestant theologian and educator.

Life

Conrad Nahmmacher was born in Ratzeburg as the son of the headmaster of the local cathedral school. He was trained mainly by his father. The father sharpened the son's mind through memory exercises and taught him everything important because he refused to receive training from private tutors or from a public school. The son himself will support this teaching method himself. Furthermore, his godfather, a Mecklenburg secret judiciary, and the rector of the school in Lauenburg / Elbe did a great job of training. Even before Nahmmacher went to university, he became a private tutor. In 1752 he finally moved to Helmstedt University to study theology . He also attended lectures on philosophy , physics and mathematics .

In 1753, Nahmmacher first worked as a writer, he wrote Specimen Onthologiae Ciceronianae , in 1755 he defended his dissertation De syncretismo philosophiae et theologiae revelatae . He traveled to Wolfenbüttel to take the theological exam and befriended some scholars there. Finally, 22 years old, he became the headmaster of the Helmstedt city ​​school, which was also a sub- prior of the Marienthal monastery there . On taking office he gave the speech de modo, quo in ludis literariis philosophia tradi, sine litterarum humaniorum detrimento possit . In that year (1756) he also received the degree of Master of Philosophy on the basis of the defense of his dissertation de naturali Theologia MT Ciceronis . In addition, he was granted honorary membership of the German Society in Helmstedt.

In 1759, Nahmmacher gave up the rectorate in order to take up a call as director of the Evangelical Lutheran high school in Osnabrück . He also became a professor at the University of Osnabrück . Later he became director of the collegiate education in Ilfeld and superintendent of the county of Hohnstein . In this position he died on May 6, 1768 at the age of 33.

Act

Nahmmacher is considered a thorough and well-educated scholar who was particularly familiar with the older languages. He dealt early on with the older philosophy, so in Specimen Ontologiae Ciceronianae and in de naturali Theologia MT Ciceronis . The dissertation was about the unity of God, he showed that the Roman orator Cicero established principles that led to the conviction that there is only one God. Nahmmacher also proved the existence of God through, among other things, how random the world is, through the testimonies of the peoples, through the concept of "God" known to mankind and through the order of things.

He also dealt with the concept of life after death, for which he also cited evidence. His Institutiones studii theologici , published in 1758, were valued in their time. In this work he went through teaching methods in theology study, being for the demonstration as a teaching method. The work also includes a brief overview and history of the theological disciplines. The font was recognized for its rich content and good style. These characteristics apply to most of his works, especially de Augusto ter censum habente . He also wrote some articles on magazines.

Works

• Specimen ontologiae Ciceromianae; dissertatio epistolica (Helmstedt 1753)
• Diss. Philosophica inaug. de naturali theologia Marci Tullii Ciceronis. Sectio I. de existentia Dei (Helmstedt 1756)
• Prolusio de naturali theologia Marci Tullii Ciceronis. Sectio II. De conceptibus Dei secundis (Helmstedt 1756)
• Progr. Commentationis in literaturam Romanam specimen (Helmstedt 1756)
• Progr. Schedium de columna rostrata C. Duilii MF Cos. (Helmstedt 1757)
• Progr. De Nahmmacheriana scholas habendi methodo (Ratzenburg 1757)
• Sermon of the great deed of God, when he gave scripture a divine respect, about Jerem. 15, 16 (Ratzenburg 1757)
• Sempiternae memoriae viri illustris Conradi Hildebrand, Serums. Duci's megalopolitan. Arelitii, Consiliarii Cancellariae intimi, qui die XVIII Augusti 1757 diem obiit, hanc scriptionem consecrat (Helmstedt 1757)
• Commentarius de litteratura Romana 1758 ( online )
• Commentatio de August ter censum agente, ad locum Luc. II, 2 Sect. I et II (Helmstedt 1758)
• Institutiones studii theologici (Helmstedt 1758)
• CI Seidel's instruction for edifying preaching. Edited with a preface and a historical introduction (Halle / Helmstedt 1758)
• His instruction to explain the scriptures; with a treatise from the canonical books of the Old Testament (Halle / Helmstedt 1759)
• Progr. De naturali theologia Marci Tulli Ciceronis. Sectio III-VI (Helmstedt 1759)
• Annotationes ad locum Matth. 19, 24 (Osnabrück 1759)
• Congratulations to Epistola. de discrimine inter praeparationem evangelicam et Evangelii demonstrationem (Hanover 1759)
• Progr. Introductio in septem Epistolas canonicas. Sectio I - III (Osnabrück 1759)
• Praeparatio evangelica (Rostock / Wismar 1760)
• Latin grammar, based on the cellar (Leipzig / Helmstedt 1763)
• Paraphrased explanation of the passion of Jesus (Bützow / Wismar 1764)
• Progr. De fragmento libr. II, III et IV Fastorum Ovidii, nuper in bilbiotheca Jlfeldensi reperto (Hanover 1765)
• Theologia Ciceroniana. Accedit Ontologiae Ciceronis specimen (1767)
• Instructions for critical knowledge of the Latin language (Vienna 1769)

literature

• Heinrich Doering : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Neustadt an der Orla 1833, pp. 17–20, ( online )
• Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Gerhard Fleischer d. J., Leipzig, 1810, vol. 10, p. 15 ( online )

Web links

• Works by and about Conrad Nahmmacher  in the German Digital Library