Jean-Pierre de Crousaz

Jean Pierre de Crousaz (born April 13, 1663 in Lausanne , † February 22, 1750 there ) was a Swiss philosopher .

Life

Crousaz was professor of philosophy and mathematics and two-time rector at the Académie de Lausanne since 1699 . In 1724 he left Lausanne because of theological differences of opinion and went to the Dutch Imperial University of Groningen as a professor of philosophy and mathematics for two years . From 1726 to 1732 he was in charge of the education of Prince Friedrich II of Hesse-Kassel . In 1738 he returned to Lausanne and was there again professor at the Académie. Crousaz wrote numerous mathematical and philosophical writings. In 1725 he became a member ( associé étranger ) of the Académie des sciences .

He was an opponent of the French philosopher Pierre Bayles and the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Christian Wolff and fought against monadology and the doctrine of pre-established harmony . In aesthetics , Crousaz emphasized unity in diversity. His Traité du beau (1714; "Treatise on Beauty") was an attempt to explain subjective differences in aesthetic views. At the suggestion of Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, he challenged the teachings of the French philosopher Pierre Bayles and the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He also criticized Alexander Pope's Essay on Man . His correspondence remained unpublished, although around 2000 letters were found.

Works

New essay de logique. Amsterdam 1712, 2 vols. (Edited more often, also as Horatii logica , because of the examples chosen from Horatius, 1740).
Nouvelles maximes sur l'education des enfans. Amsterdam. 1718 (in an ironic tone).
Traité du beau. 1712, 2nd edition 1724.
New essay de logique. Amsterdam 1712, 2 vols. (And often edited, also as Horatii logica, because of the examples chosen from Horatius, 1740)
Traité de l'éducation des enfans. The Hague 1722, 2 vols.
La logique. 3. Edition. 1725.
De l'esprit humain. 1730.
Examen du Pyrrhonisme ancien et modern. The Hague, 1733 (against Bayle et al.).
Observations critiques sur l'abrégé de la logique de Chr. Wolff. 1744.

literature

Crousaz . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 4 . Altenburg 1858, p. 551 ( zeno.org ).
Encyclopaedia Britannica. 11th edition, 1911 ( online ).
Rudolf Eisler: Philosophers Lexicon. Berlin 1912, p. 111 ( online ).
Hermann Boeschenstein: The Aesthetics of JP de Crousaz. Excerpt from Diss. Phil. Rostock University . Print: Rostock 1924 or 1925

Web links

Literature by and about Jean-Pierre de Crousaz in the catalog of the German National Library
Roger Francillon / EB: Crousaz, Jean-Pierre de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

^ List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 3, 2019 (French).
↑ Inaugural Diss. des HB, b. May 1, 1900, Stein am Rhein

personal data
SURNAME	Crousaz, Jean-Pierre de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Crousaz, Jean Pierre de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss university professor and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lausanne
DATE OF DEATH	February 22, 1750
Place of death	Lausanne

[1] List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 3, 2019 (French).

[2] Inaugural Diss. des HB, b. May 1, 1900, Stein am Rhein