Gabriel Wagner (mathematician)

Title page of the Discursus et dubia. - a critical introduction to the philosophy of Christian Thomasius ; "Thomasius himself recognizes this work that it shows good abilities of the author, only that hatred and love move him too much, so that the reasonable thoughts do not arise enough."

Gabriel Wagner (* probably around 1660 in Quedlinburg ; † around 1717 ) was a German philosopher , mathematician and natural scientist who mostly published under the pseudonym Realis de Vienna.

Wagner was a free thinker in the German Enlightenment and advocated a strict separation of philosophy and theology . Although he tolerated theology based on revelation, he vehemently advocated physics, mathematics and political science - in them he saw the foundations of philosophy.

Furthermore, Wagner was in favor of liberation from Aristotelianism and professed eclecticism .

literature

Newest first.

Siegfried Wollgast : Gabriel Wagner (Realis de Vienna) as a representative of the radical secular early enlightenment in Germany. In: Konstantin Broese, Andreas Hütig, Oliver Immel, Renate Reschke (eds.): Reason of the Enlightenment - Enlightenment of Reason. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2006, pp. 37–52 ( books.google.de ), ISBN 978-3-05-008207-3 .
Siegfried Wollgast: The series “Philosophical Clandestina of the German Enlightenment” with special consideration of Gabriel Wagner (around 1669 - after 1717). In: Hans-Gert Roloff (Hrsg.): Editionsdesiderate zur Early Modern Age: Contributions to the meeting of the Commission for the Edition of Texts of the Early Modern Age. Second part. Chloe , Volume 25, Amsterdam 1997, pp. 1013-1053 ( books.google.de )
Siegfried Wollgast: Gabriel Wagner (1660-1717): Selected writings and documents. Volume 3 of: Philosophical Clandestina of the German Enlightenment. Dept. I, 1997, ISBN 978-3-7728-1416-7 .
Doctoral thesis by Gottfried Stiehler from 1956
Max Heinze : Wagner, Gabriel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 498 f.

Web links

Gabriel Wagner @ en.wikipedia.org
Gabriel Wagner: Discursus et dubia in Christ. Thomasii introductionem ad philosophiam aulicam 1691.

Remarks

^ ADB: Wagner, Gabriel: Wagner, Gabriel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 498 f.
↑ Siegfried Wollgast writes in the " Philosophical Clandestina of the German Enlightenment " p. 7: "Gabriel Wagner was probably born in Quedlinburg, the later birth town of Friedrich Klopstock, around 1660. I conclude this from a letter from Otto Mencke to Leibniz; the usual one Fixing Wagner's date of birth to around 1655 or 1665 is, in my opinion, fictitious. In any case, G. Wagner's exact date of birth and death can no longer be determined ... ".
↑ Advertising text in the frommann-Holzboog general directory. P. 171 (PDF 4.9 MB, p. 173)

personal data
SURNAME	Wagner, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Realis de Vienna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mathematician and scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH	uncertain: Quedlinburg
DATE OF DEATH	around 1717

[1] ADB: Wagner, Gabriel: Wagner, Gabriel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 498 f.

[2] Siegfried Wollgast writes in the " Philosophical Clandestina of the German Enlightenment " p. 7: "Gabriel Wagner was probably born in Quedlinburg, the later birth town of Friedrich Klopstock, around 1660. I conclude this from a letter from Otto Mencke to Leibniz; the usual one Fixing Wagner's date of birth to around 1655 or 1665 is, in my opinion, fictitious. In any case, G. Wagner's exact date of birth and death can no longer be determined ... ".

[3] Advertising text in the frommann-Holzboog general directory. P. 171 (PDF 4.9 MB, p. 173)