Jakob Freudenthal

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Jakob Freudenthal (born June 20, 1839 in Bodenfelde ( Kingdom of Hanover ), † June 1, 1907 in Schreiberhau ) was a German philosopher .

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Freudenthal studied at the Universities of Breslau and Göttingen as well as at the Rabbinical Seminary in Breslau . After graduating, he was initially a teacher at the Samson School in Wolfenbüttel (1863/64), then until 1888 a teacher at the Breslau seminar. At the same time he was from 1875 philosophy lecturer at the University of Breslau . In 1878 he was appointed associate professor and in 1888 full professor.

From 1869 Freudenthal was married to Therese Sachs, a daughter of the Berlin rabbi Michael Sachs . The legal scholar Berthold Freudenthal was a son of the couple.

Studies on Spinoza's life history and philosophy are at the center of Freudenthal's scientific publications .

Works

  • About the concept of Φαντασία in Aristotle , 1863.
  • The book on the rule of reason , which was enclosed with Flavius ​​Josephus , 1869.
  • Alexander Polyhistor and the remains of Judean and Samaritan historical works (Hellenistic studies), Breslau 1875/1879.
  • On the theology of Xenophanes , 1886.
  • Spinoza. His life and his teaching. First volume: The Life of Spinoza, Stuttgart 1904.
    • Spinoza. Life and teaching. Edited by Carl Gebhardt based on the estate of J. Freudenthal . 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1927 (Bibliotheca Spinozana curis societatis Spinozanae; T. 5).
  • About the text of Lucasse's biography of Spinoza. In: Journal for Philosophy and Philosophical Criticism 126 (1905), 189–208.

editor

  • The life story of Spinoza in sources, documents and unofficial news. Edited by J. Freudenthal, Leipzig 1899 with the support of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences.
    • The life story of Spinoza. With a bibliography. Edited by Manfred Walther with the assistance of Michael Czelinski. 2nd, strong adult and completely newly annotated edition of the edition by Jakob Freudenthal 1899, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: Frommann-Holzboog (Specula; Vol. 4) [Volume 1. Descriptions of life and documents; Volume 2. Commentary].

literature

  • Bernhard Münz: Jacob Freudenthal †. In: Ost und West 7 (1907), p. 425ff.
  • M. Baumgartner, Paul Wendland : Jacob Freudenthal . In: Annual report on the progress of classical antiquity . Volume 136 (1907), Nekrologe, pp. 152–163 (with list of publications; = Biographical Yearbook for Classics . 30th year)
  • A. Wolf: In memory of Freudenthal . In: Philosophy . Volume 14 (1939), p. 378 f.
  • M. Baumgartner: Nekrolog, in: Chronicle of the Royal University of Breslau for the year from April 1, 1907 to March 31, 1908 , year 22.
  • Freudenthal, Jakob. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 7: Feis – Frey. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-22687-X , pp. 437-441.
  • Jeannette Strauss Almstad, Matthias Wolfes :  Jakob Freudenthal. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 740-745.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Freudenthal, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Bodenfelde
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1907
Place of death Schreiberhau