Jürgen Sprute
Jürgen Sprute (born February 15, 1935 in Mannheim ; † June 18, 2009 in Göttingen ) was a German philosopher and professor of classical philosophy in Göttingen.
Sprute studied philosophy , classical philology and German in Heidelberg, Göttingen and Munich. In 1961 he was with a study on the concept of Doxa in the Platonic philosophy to Dr. phil. PhD. In 1977 he completed his habilitation with a study on the Aristotelian Enthymem Theory at the Georg-August University of Göttingen . Sprute taught at the philosophical seminar there until his retirement in 2000 as an adjunct professor.
A focus in Sprute's research came to Plato and his theory of the state. Here Sprute u. a. the reception of Plato by his friend Dion of Syracuse and Herakleides of Syracuse , whereby he almost denied the former a Platonic motivation in his studies. Furthermore Sprute dealt with the ancient legal history, Immanuel Kant and the practical philosophy of the 17th and 18th centuries as well as ethics and analytical philosophy.
Works
- 1962: The concept of Dóxa in Platonic philosophy , dissertation, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht .
- 1982: The Enthymem Theory of Aristotelian Rhetoric , Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht .
- 1989: Contract theory approaches in ancient legal and state philosophy , Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sprute, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher and professor of classical philosophy in Göttingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 2009 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |