Jacob Sigismund Beck

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Jacob Sigismund Beck , also: Jakob Sigismund Beck (born August 6, 1761 in Liessau near Marienburg , † August 29, 1840 in Rostock ) was a German philosopher .

Life

Jacob Sigismund Beck was the son of a pastor . Having attended a grammar school , he moved to the University of Königsberg , where he studied mathematics and philosophy. One of his teachers was Immanuel Kant . On his recommendation, Beck went to the University of Halle . At the same time he was employed at a local high school. At the university he wrote a dissertation on Taylor's theorem in 1791 . Based on this work, he was appointed Master and Doctor of Philosophy PhD and habilitation . Since then he has worked there as a private lecturer .

On April 27, 1799, the University of Rostock appointed him full professor of metaphysics . His predecessor was Gustav Schadeloock . Wilhelm Traugott Krug competed for the professorship . In 1802 he was offered a position as a philosophy teacher at the Berlin Cadet Institute , which he turned down.

Beck married on February 4, 1803 in Rostock Marie Conradine Dorothea (1769-1840), the daughter of the Mecklenburg superintendent Johann Gottlieb Friederich (1738-22 March 1794) and his wife Margarethe Ilsabe Carmon (1751-1802). The marriage had a daughter, Louise, who married a Wismar pharmacist named Fabricius.

In 1809 Beck also became inspector of the ducal convectorium. At the university he held the office of rector four times: 1808/1809, 1816/1817, 1817/1818 and 1821/1822. He was also dean of the philosophical faculty three times . He was appointed scholarship inspector in 1835.

Beck held the professorship until shortly before his death, followed by Heinrich von Stein . He died in Rostock in 1840 at the age of 79. He was buried on September 2 of this year.

Act

During his time at the grammar school Beck wrote his main work called Explanatory Excerpt from the writings of Prof. Kant, on the advice of the same . He published this work on the advice of Kant, whose supporter he was. He later wrote textbooks on philosophy, which, however, were largely ignored. By 1824 he published works that particularly included the philosophy of Kant.

Beck read logic , mathematics, metaphysics, natural philosophy , practical philosophy, ethics and natural law . He was one of the most widely heard professors in Rostock of his time.

Beck was considered a humble person. He spent the last years of his life withdrawn.

Works

  • Dissertatio de Theoremate Tayloriano, sive de lege generali, secundum quam functionis mutantur, mutatis a quibus pendent varibilibus (Hall 1791)
  • Explanatory excerpt from the critical writings of Prof. I. Kant, on the advice of the same (two volumes, Riga 1793/1794; volume 1 online )
  • The only possible standpoint from which critical philosophy must be judged (third volume of the explanatory extract ; two parts, Riga 1796)
  • Plan of critical philosophy (Hall 1796)
  • Propaedeutics for every scientific studio (Halle 1796; online )
  • Commentary on I. Kant's Metaphysics of Morals. First part, which contains the metaphysical principles of natural law (Halle 1798; online )
  • Principles of Legislation (two parts, Rostock / Leipzig 1806; online )
  • Program: Determination of some terms belonging to logic (three departments, Rostock 1808/1809)
  • Program: On the forms of the state constitution (three departments, Rostock 1816/1817)
  • Program: About the moral nature of human knowledge (three departments, Rostock 1817/1818)
  • Textbook of natural law (Jena 1820; online )
  • Textbook of logic (Rostock / Schwerin 1820; online )
  • Program: About State Income (Rostock 1821)
  • Program: About the Metaphysics of Morals (Rostock 1822)
  • Program: From the metyphysical doctrine of virtues (Rostock 1822)
  • Program: Prolegomena for general metaphysics (three departments, Rostock 1823/1824)

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personal data
SURNAME Beck, Jacob Sigismund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beck, Jakob Sigismund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Liessau near Marienburg
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1840
Place of death Rostock