Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel

Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel (born January 21, 1761 in Wintzingerode near Eichsfeld , † June 7, 1840 in Erlangen ) was a German philosopher and librarian.

Life

Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel attended education in Halle and then studied theology at the University of Halle . He later switched to the fields of philosophy and beautiful sciences .

In 1790 he was employed as a provisional teacher in the orphanage in Halle (today: Franckesche Stiftungen ) and on March 29, 1781 he was appointed natural teacher of education. Through his work in the orphanage, the local director August Hermann Niemeyer noticed him, who recommended him to the Prussian Minister of State Karl August von Hardenberg when he was looking for a companion for his son Christian von Hardenberg-Reventlow (1775–1841). Together they traveled to Copenhagen and in 1791 he accompanied Christian von Hardenberg-Reventlow to the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . There Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel was promoted by decree of June 1, 1792 as teacher of the royal education in Halle to extraordinary professor of philosophy and the fine sciences after von Hardenberg, as Prussian minister, took over the government in Ansbach-Bayreuth .

In 1793, Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel went on a trip to Königsberg with his wife and his first-born to meet Immanuel Kant and Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel . From there he traveled to Hamburg-Wandsbek and visited Matthias Claudius .

In 1794 he was appointed secretary of the "Institute of Morals and Fine Sciences", a branch of the German Society that was founded in 1754 as a literary society by Johann Ernst Basilius Wiedeburg . After the institute was closed, Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel sent the library holdings to the University Library of Erlangen.

On October 12, 1799 he was promoted to the third full professor of philosophy at the University of Erlangen.

From July 1800 on, he was co-editor of the Erlanger Litteraturzeitung under Johann Georg Meusel . From February 22nd to the end of December 1801 he was her sole editor and from January 1802 co-editor alongside Karl Christian von Langsdorf .

On December 31, 1804, he became the second university librarian.

On July 6, 1808, after Johann Gottlieb Fichte's departure , he was appointed second full professor of philosophy. From then on he was almost the only representative of the philosophical faculty for a long time. During this time he gave lectures on logic and metaphysics , morality , natural law , psychology and aesthetics as well as the history of literature.

He turned down two appointments to other universities and could have succeeded Fichte again.

In 1817, after the death of August Friedrich Pfeiffer, he was appointed director of the university library and remained the sole librarian until 1819. Because the Erlangen University Library was scattered in different places, it was brought together in one place in 1825 under his direction.

From 1818 he was elected Vice-Rector five times .

In addition to his duties, he was elected as a member of the first and second assemblies in 1819 . Count Karl Christian Ernst von Bentzel-Sternau acknowledged his work in the meeting of the estates in his "Baiernbriefe".

In 1792 he married Christiane Henriette (* 1772; † 1800), b. Deutsch, a preacher's daughter from Frankfurt (Oder) who, after her father's death, lived with her stepfather, Councilor Keudel. Together they had two sons and a daughter. His daughter Friederike (1796–1861) later married Johann Konrad Irmischer (1797–1857), theologian and librarian in Erlangen. Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel's wife died at the age of 28 and he did not remarry.

Act

Due to the teaching activities of Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel, as well as through his literary products, he was friends with Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and Jean Paul .

He persistently defended the right to freedom of expression and the justified claims of the university against the French government in Bayreuth .

As a protosolarch for many years, he always campaigned for the maintenance of the university and the grammar school connected to it, the closure of which was almost decided in 1819, as well as for the acquisition of the former margravial buildings and the palace gardens for the university.

Awards

On November 22, 1821, King Maximilian Joseph appointed Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel to the court council .

On May 3, 1828, the law faculty of the University of Erlangen presented him with an honorary doctorate in law.

King Ludwig I awarded him the Cross of Honor of the Royal Bavarian Order of Ludwig on April 22, 1831 .

Works (selection)

Letters from a citizen of the world about the change of government in the principalities of Anspach and Baireuth . Erlangen: Palm, 1792.
About the influence of the beautiful sciences on the ennobling of mankind: a speech to celebrate the birthday of our most dear king, Friedrich Wilhelm . Erlangen: Junge, 1792.
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz; Johann von Ewald; Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel: Maria and Johannes: a passion cantata . Erlangen 1793.
Quid De Academicarum Dissertationum In Adeundis Docendi Muneribvs Conscribendarum More Stauendum Sit: Prolvsio Qua Ad Audiendam Orationem Qua Decet Observantia Invitat . Erlangae, 1795.
Attempt to present a compendial representation of philosophy to facilitate your studies. 1. Attempt at a complete theory of imagination as an elementary basis of philosophy . Erlangen: Palm, 1797.
Kiri Karl Morgensternile . Erlangen 1800.
Attempt at a complete analytical theory of thought as a pre-philosophy and in the spirit of philosophy . Erlangen, 1803.
About the relationship between philosophy and religion . Erlangen, 1805.
Textbook of Morality . Erlangen: Bruening, 1811.
The pure legal theory . Erlangea, JJ Palm, 1815.
Speech at the jubilee celebration of the 25-year government of His Mayestate of our Most Serene, Most Powerful, Most Beloved King and Mr. Maximilian Joseph: held on February 17th in the University Church in Erlangen . Erlangen, 1824.
Johann Ludwig Döderlein; Adolph Henke; Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel: Lectiones Homericae. 1, Regiae Friderico-Alexandrinae Litterarum Universitatis prorector D. Adolph. Christian. Henricus Henke successorem suum commendat . Erlangae: Young, 1827.
Johann Ludwig Döderlein; Adolph Henke; Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel: Lectiones Homericae. 3, Regiae Friderico-Alexandrinae litterarum universitatis prorector D. Georg Bened. Winer successorem suum commendat . Erlangae: Boy, 1829.
To study the philosophical and cameralistic sciences . Erlangen, 1832.
Johann Ludwig Döderlein; Gottlieb Ernst August Mehmel: Regiae Friderico-Alexandrinae literarum universitatis prorector D. Theoph. Ern. Aug. Mehmel successorem suum commendat: lectionum variarum ogdoadem . Erlangae: Boy, 1835.
Literature newspaper

Jan./June = Vol. 1, Walther, Erlangen, 1799, ( digitized , Bayerische StaatsBib.).

July / Dec. = Vol. 2, Walther, Erlangen, 1799, ( digitized , Bavarian State Library).

Jan./June = Vol. 3, Walther, Erlangen, 1800, ( digitized , Bayerische StaatsBib.).

July / Dec. = Vol. 4, Walther, Erlangen, 1800, ( digitized , Bavarian State Library).

July / Dec. = Vol. 6, Walther, Erlangen, 1801, ( digitized , Bavarian State Library).

Jan./June = Vol. 7, Walther, Erlangen, 1802, ( digitized , Bayerische StaatsBib.).

literature

Carl von Prantl: Mehmel, Gottl. Ernst August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 186.

Individual evidence

^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, Eighteenth Year, 1840, First Part, p. 641 . BF Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed February 7, 2018]).
^ House of Bavarian History - Bavarian Biographies. Retrieved February 8, 2018 .
↑ German biography: Mehmel, Gottlieb Ernst August - German biography. Retrieved February 8, 2018 .
↑ ADB: Mehmel, Gottlieb Ernst August - Wikisource. Retrieved February 8, 2018 .
^ Günter Meckenstock: Sermons. First to fourth collections (1801-1820) with the variants of the new editions (1806-1826): Appendix: Günter Meckenstock, calendar of the traditional sermon dates of Schleiermacher . Walter de Gruyter, 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-026678-8 ( google.de [accessed on February 8, 2018]).
^ Günter Zöller, Hans Georg von Manz: Fichte's late work in comparison: Contributions to the Fifth International Fichte Congress "Johann Gottlieb Fichte, the late work (1810-1814) and the life's work" in Munich from October 14 to 21, 2003 . Rodopi, 2006, ISBN 90-420-2114-4 ( google.de [accessed February 8, 2018]).
^ Walter Jaeschke: Hegel-Handbuch: Leben - Werk - Schule, p. 119 . Springer-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-476-05429-6 ( google.de [accessed February 7, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Mehmel, Gottlieb Ernst August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mehmel, Gottl. Ernst August; Mehmel, Gottlieb E .; Mehmel, Theophil Ernst August; Mehmel, Theophilus Ernstus Augustus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wintzingerode
DATE OF DEATH	June 7, 1840
Place of death	gain

[1] New Nekrolog der Deutschen, Eighteenth Year, 1840, First Part, p. 641 . BF Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed February 7, 2018]).

[2] House of Bavarian History - Bavarian Biographies. Retrieved February 8, 2018 .

[3] German biography: Mehmel, Gottlieb Ernst August - German biography. Retrieved February 8, 2018 .

[4] ADB: Mehmel, Gottlieb Ernst August - Wikisource. Retrieved February 8, 2018 .

[5] Günter Meckenstock: Sermons. First to fourth collections (1801-1820) with the variants of the new editions (1806-1826): Appendix: Günter Meckenstock, calendar of the traditional sermon dates of Schleiermacher . Walter de Gruyter, 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-026678-8 ( google.de [accessed on February 8, 2018]).

[6] Günter Zöller, Hans Georg von Manz: Fichte's late work in comparison: Contributions to the Fifth International Fichte Congress "Johann Gottlieb Fichte, the late work (1810-1814) and the life's work" in Munich from October 14 to 21, 2003 . Rodopi, 2006, ISBN 90-420-2114-4 ( google.de [accessed February 8, 2018]).

[7] Walter Jaeschke: Hegel-Handbuch: Leben - Werk - Schule, p. 119 . Springer-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-476-05429-6 ( google.de [accessed February 7, 2018]).