Friedrich Otto Mencke
Friedrich Otto Mencke (born August 3, 1708 in Leipzig ; † March 14, 1754 ibid) was a German lawyer.
Live and act
The son of Johann Burckhardt Mencke enjoyed private lessons with Johann Christoph Gottsched and studied at the University of Leipzig from February 3, 1722 . Here he first completed a degree in philosophy. During his time as a student there, Mencke had gathered a circle of friends who were enthusiastic about texts from the Renaissance. Initially, this was viewed more from a philological perspective, but later switched to the philosophical approach. These efforts are seen as the first phase in the discovery of Renaissance philosophy in the 18th century.
On February 15, 1725 Mencke acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy and wrote monographs on Girolamo Fracastoro and Angelo Poliziano in connection with his research . Following his philosophical studies, Mencke turned to law. For this purpose he moved to the University of Wittenberg , where he acquired the degree of licentiate in law on March 22, 1732 . He returned to Leipzig and received his doctorate there on September 18, 1733 for Doctor of Law . In 1734 he was accepted as a foreign member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences . In 1735 he became court and councilor of the Polish and Electoral Saxons and in 1743 was admitted to the council of Leipzig. He continued to run the first critical magazine, which appeared under the title Acta Eruditorum , and after the death of his father in 1732 he also took over the new newspapers of learned things. After his death, Mencke's library in Leipzig was auctioned from 1755–1757.
Selection of works
- De vita, moribus, scriptis ... Here. Fracastorii Veronensis commentatio. Leipzig, 1731
- Adventum principis Friderici Augusti, Electoris. 1733
- Historia vitae et in literis meritorum Angeli Politiani. Leipzig 1736
- Carmina. Gleditsch Verlag, Leipzig, 1737
- Joh. Burch. Et Frid. Ott. Menckeniorum Bibliotheca Virorum Militia Aeque AC Scriptis Illustrium. Leipzig 1734 together with Johann Burchard Mencke
- Miscellanea Lipsiensia ad incrementum rei literariæ ed. As editor 1748, 1752
literature
- S .: Mencke, Friedrich Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 311.
- Thomas Leinkauf (eds.): Dilthey and Cassirer. The interpretation of the modern age as a model of intellectual and cultural history. Meiner Felix Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7873-1620-5 ( Cassirer research 10).
- Matriculation of the University of Wittenberg
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mencke, Friedrich Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1708 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1754 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |