Johann Anton Wilhelm Gessner
Johann Anton Wilhelm Gessner , often Geßner or Gesner (born April 16, 1771 in Kirchheilingen , † after 1830 ) was a German philosopher .
Life
Gessner was the son of a surgeon . From 1782 he attended the school in Langensalza and from 1785 the Uelzen high school . He then went to study theology and philosophy at the University of Leipzig in 1789 . He obtained his degree in philosophy and passed the theological exam in Dresden in 1792 . Then he came to Heldrungen as a private tutor . During this time he began his writing activity.
Gessner completed his habilitation in 1801 with the thesis De veritate cognitionis humanae at Leipzig University and subsequently taught there as a private lecturer in philosophy. In 1806 he was appointed associate professor of philosophy, which he resigned in 1810. Around 1810 he went as a court master to a family of bankers in Trieste .
Gessner's further career is unknown. In 1830 he published another work in Leipzig, in which he was described as a doctor of philosophy .
Works (selection)
- Theory of the good society , Leipzig 1798.
- Critique of Morals , Leipzig 1802.
- The new Stoa or on equanimity, an attempt to establish rule over ourselves , Grieshammer, Leipzig 1803.
- Democritus or Freimuthige Discussions on Morality, Religion and Other Scientific and Political Subjects , 2 volumes, Leipzig 1803.
- The Teutsche Reichsstandschaft, a contribution to the more correct appreciation of the past and present public condition of Teutschland , Schiegg, Leipzig 1807.
- Speculation and Dream or About the Foundation and Extent of the True in Speculation , 2 volumes, Weygand, Leipzig 1830.
literature
- Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the now living German writers , Volume 11, Lemgo 1805, p. 269.
- Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Section I, Volume 64, Brockhaus, Leipzig 1857, p. 363.
- Carl von Prantl : Geßner, Johann Anton Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 106 f.
Web links
- Works by and about Johann Anton Wilhelm Gessner in the German Digital Library
- Johann Anton Wilhelm Gessner , biography at the Thuringian Literature Council
Individual evidence
- ↑ See title in Speculation and Dream , Volume 1, Weygand, Leipzig 1830.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gessner, Johann Anton Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geßner, Johann Anton Wilhelm; Gesner, Johann Anton Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirchheilingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1830 |