Daniel Lipstorp (Scholar)

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Daniel Lipstorp (II.), Also Lipstorf (born May 10, 1631 in Lübeck ; † September 1, 1684 ibid) was a German lawyer , astronomer and scholar .

Life

Daniel Lipstorp was born as the son of the Lutheran pastor Daniel Lipstorp (I.) in Lübeck. He studied in Rostock and in 1651 earned the degree of master's degree. The following year he enrolled at the University of Leiden . There he published two books that deal with Descartes' philosophy and the Copernican worldview .

In 1653 Lipstorp was appointed "court mathematician" in Weimar and became educator of Princes Bernhard and Friedrich , whom he accompanied to the University of Jena together with Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck . In 1656 Lipstorp returned to Leiden in order to obtain a doctorate in both rights.

From 1662 to 1672 Lipstorp was Professor of Law at Uppsala University . In 1672 he became Advocatus Curiae Hollandiae in The Hague . Due to the Dutch War , he returned to Lübeck in 1675, where he died in 1684.

Lipstorp was married twice, first to Windel Slutow (Wendula Schlutow) from Rostock and then to Catharina, née. Brüning, a daughter of the councilor Johann Brüning, and had 4 sons. His son Daniel (* 1664 in Uppsala) was later rector of the cathedral school in Bremen .

Works

Lipsdorp wrote two works in Leiden in 1653. The first Specimina philosophiae Cartesianae deals with pneumatics based on the theory of René Descartes . It also includes a brief introduction to his philosophy and a biography. The second work, Copernicus redivivus, is a defense of the heliocentric worldview . It is based on a series of disputations that Lipstorp held in Rostock in 1652. Both topics were the subject of heated academic discussion and publication activity in the Netherlands at the time. Lipstorp's books also triggered a reply from the Leiden preacher Jacob Du Bois . In Jena, Lipstorp wrote two papers on the rule of the popes.

  • Honori Et Virtuti Celsissimi, Atque Illustrissimi Principis Ac Domini, Domini Bernhardi, Senioris Ducis Saxoniae , congratulations on the appointment of Bernhard as rector of the University of Jena.
  • Specimina philosophiae Cartesianae , Leiden 1653 Digital at the University of Utrecht
  • Copernicus redivivus , seu De vero mundi systemate, liber singularis , Leiden 1653, digital at the University of Utrecht
  • Formationis Et Exclusionis Infrunitae Monarchiae Papalis Pars Alter , Jena 1656
  • De Monarchiae Ecclesiasticae Incrementis Ac Decrementis, Tractatus Historico-Politicus , Jena 1558

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proof

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Georg Wilhelm Dittmer : Genealogical and biographical news about Lückeckische families from older times. Lübeck: Dittmer 1859, p. 55f
  3. ^ By Friedrich Georg Buek : Notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation. P. 220 Hamburg 1840.
  4. ↑ Rienk Vermij: The Calvinist Copernicans. P. 144.
personal data
SURNAME Lipstorp, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lipstorpius, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer , astronomer and scholar
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1631
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1684
Place of death Lübeck