Johann Christoph Schwab
Johann Christoph Schwab (born December 10, 1743 in Ilsfeld , † April 15, 1821 in Stuttgart ) was a Württemberg philosopher .
Life
Johann Christoph Schwab was the son of the lordly renovator (accounting officer) Philipp Jakob Schwab (1715–1788) and his wife Sophie Barbara, born. Hosch (1717-1762). Schwab studied philosophy and theology at the University of Tübingen and was then court master at Lake Geneva in French-speaking Switzerland for eleven years , where he gained excellent knowledge of French language and literature. In 1778 he was appointed professor of logic and metaphysics at the Hohe Karlsschule in Stuttgart, where he also taught Friedrich Schiller , among others . On philosophical issues, Schwab was considered a supporter of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Christian Wolff , and he rejected new philosophical currents such as that represented by Immanuel Kant throughout his life. From 1784 he received several awards for his writings, including three times from the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. In 1788 he became a foreign and in 1812 an honorary member of this academy. For his first excellent writing, Causes of the Generality of the French Language and the Probable Duration of Its Rule , Frederick the Great received a call from Frederick the Great to the Berlin War School , which he was unable to accept because Duke Carl Eugen held a position as a secret secretary in Stuttgart State Ministry held. Under Duke Ludwig Eugen he became a Privy Councilor. He belonged to other governments as ministerial secretary before he was appointed a member of the senior university council in 1816 by King Wilhelm I.
His sons were the pastor and writer Gustav Schwab (1792-1850) and the Württemberg state official Karl Heinrich von Schwab (1781-1847). Schwab's daughter Wilhelmine Charlotte (1794–1874) married the future chief medical officer Friedrich Jäger (1785–1866).
The Schwabstrasse in his hometown of Ilsfeld is named after Johann Christoph Schwab .
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Johann Christoph Schwab. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on June 15, 2015 .
literature
- Eberhard Bort: Johann Christoph Schwab (1743–1821) . In: Ilsfeld in past and present. A home book for Ilsfeld, Auenstein and Schozach . Ilsfeld municipality, Ilsfeld 1989
- Wilhelm Heyd: Schwab, Johann Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 157 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwab, Johann Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Württemberg philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilsfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1821 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |