Friedrich Gottlob Born
Friedrich Gottlob Born (* 1743 in Leipzig ; † December 8, 1807 ) was a German philosopher and follower of Immanuel Kant .
He received his doctorate in 1783 at the University of Leipzig and held an extraordinary professorship there from 1785. From 1802 he was a clergyman at Weesenstein Castle .
Through his translation of Kant's critical writings into Latin , published in four volumes under the title Opera ad philosophiam criticam from 1796 to 1798 , he contributed to their dissemination abroad. Prior to that, from 1789 to 1791, together with Johann Heinrich Abicht, he published the journal Neues philosophisches Magazin and wrote some philosophical writings:
- De scientia et coniectura specimen metaphysicum (1787)
- Attempt on the first reasons for the doctrine of the senses (1788)
- Attempt on the original foundations of human thought and the boundaries of our knowledge that depend on it (1791)
- Immanuelis Kantii Opera ad philosophiam criticam, translated from German into Latin (Leipzig: EB Schwickert, 1796–98), four volumes:
- Immanuelis Kantii Opera ad philosophiam criticam Latine vertit Fredericus Gottlob Born, volumen primum
- Immanuelis Kantii Opera ad philosophiam criticam Latine vertit Fredericus Gottlob Born, volumen secundum
- Immanuelis Kantii Opera ad philosophiam criticam Latine vertit Fredericus Gottlob Born, volumen tertium
- Immanuelis Kantii Opera ad philosophiam criticam Latine vertit Fredericus Gottlob Born, volumen quartum
He also published a complete German-Latin dictionary (Leipzig 1790).
literature
- Arthur Richter: Born, Friedrich Gottlieb . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 163.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Born, Friedrich Gottlob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1807 |