Johann Christoph Muhrbeck

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Johann Christoph Muhrbeck (born January 7, 1733 in Lund ; † January 15, 1805 in Greifswald ) was a Swedish-Pomeranian philosopher .

Life

The son of the theologian Lorenz Murbeck, superintendent in Karlskrona , was initially taught by private tutors and then attended school in Karlskrona. He then studied at the universities of Lund and Greifswald . After his return to Sweden , he became a teacher at the Cadet Institute in Karlskrona.

In 1760 he became an adjunct at the philosophical faculty of the University of Greifswald and held lectures in philosophy and mathematics in this function. In 1767 he was appointed full professor of practical philosophy. After the death of Peter Ahlwardt († 1792), he also took over theoretical philosophy. In the years 1778, 1793 and 1803 he was rector of the university.

Muhrbeck, who published numerous philosophical writings, was a staunch supporter of Christian Wolff and a staunch opponent of Immanuel Kant . His son Friedrich Muhrbeck later also taught philosophy in Greifswald, but was a follower of Kant and Johann Gottlieb Fichte . The daughter Ingeborg Juliane Elisabeth Muhrbeck (1784-1824) married the lawyer and historian Karl Schildener in 1803 .

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Individual evidence

  1. Erich Gülzow : Home letters Ernst Moritz Arndt. In: Rügisch-Pommerscher Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Pommersche Jahrbücher 3rd supplementary volume, Julius Abel, Greifswald 1919, p. 235

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predecessor Office successor
Johann Carl Dähnert Rector of the University of Greifswald
1778
Lambert Heinrich Röhl
Lorenz Wilhelm Haselberg Rector of the University of Greifswald
1793
Johann Quistorp
Christian Ehrenfried Weigel Rector of the University of Greifswald
1803
Andreas Bratt