Johann Friedrich Breyer

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Johann Friedrich Breyer (born December 2, 1738 in Stuttgart , † June 28, 1826 in Erlangen ) was a German Protestant clergyman , philosopher and university professor .

Life

Breyer moved into the Tübingen monastery in 1756 and began studying theology , philosophy, mathematics and history at the University of Tübingen . In 1758 he obtained a master's degree in philosophy, then he completed his studies in theology with an exam. In 1761 he got a job as a preacher in the German community of Livorno . During this time he also acted as tutor for the children of the Prussian consul in Livorno. He stayed there until 1768. His return journey took him via Rome , Naples and Venice. Shortly before his murder, he met the archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann . He then traveled to Hamburg via Munich . There he got in touch with Gotthold Ephraim Lessing .

In 1769, Breyer accepted a call as a full professor of philosophy at the University of Erlangen , where in 1773 he became the elder of the Institute of Morals and the Fine Sciences. In 1776 he was also given the professorship of German literature and the fine sciences. He had, among other things, the Dean Office held at the Faculty of Arts and was 1771 to 1783 for Dr. phil. PhD . In 1782 he was given the title of a royal Brandenburg court counselor and later also became royal Bavarian Privy Councilor . His teaching is said to have been very popular, especially among foreign students, but in the last years of his life he was no longer able to give lectures.

Breyer was a nephew of the Württemberg secret councilor Johann Gottlieb Breyer .

Works (selection)

  • De concordia philosophiae cum sensu communi exercitatio I. , Walther, Erlangen 1771.
  • Select Pieces In English Prose And Verse. , FA Schleich, Erlangen 1779. ( digitized version )
  • Do all benevolent human actions arise from self-interest? , Erlangen 1783.
  • On the wise behavior of the philosopher in the lecture of the doctrine of necessity , Ellrodt, Erlangen 1784.
  • Victory of practical reason over speculative , Ellrodt, Erlangen 1785.

literature

  • Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the now living Teutschen writers , Volume 1, Meyer, Lemgo 1783, p. 203 f.
  • Friedrich von Ammon : The picture of a Christian scholar in old age: Sermon in memory of Mr. M. Johann Friedrich Breyer on the X Sunday after Trinity , Kunstmann, Erlangen 1826.
  • Johann Friedrich Breyer . In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 4th year to the year 1826, 2nd part, Voigt, Ilmenau 1828, p. 930 f.
  • Hans-Michael Körner (Ed.): Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia . De Gruyter Saur, Berlin / New York 2005, p. 237.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare the headlines of De concordia philosophiae cum sensu communi exercitatio I. , Walther, Erlangen 1771 and Whether all benevolent human actions arise from self-interest? , Erlangen 1783.
  2. ^ Jenaische Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung, 1826, Col. 364.
personal data
SURNAME Breyer, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman, philosopher and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1826
Place of death gain