Johann Jacob Syrbius

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Johann Jacob Syrbius

Johann Jacob Syrbius also: Syrbe (born June 26, 1674 in Wechmar , † November 4, 1738 in Jena ) was a German philosopher and Lutheran theologian .

Life

Johann Jacob was the son of pastor Johann Heinrich Syrbius (born April 19, 1646 in Schönbrunn / Lausitz; † October 15, 1694 in Wechmar) and his wife Anna Dorethee Mose (born June 20, 1648 in Ohrdruf; † July 16, 1680 in Wechmar ). After initial training by his father and private teachers, he attended the Ohrdruf grammar school from September 1684 , which was under the direction of the then rector Philipp Jacob Spindler (1624-1696). In 1691 his father took him to live with him and Johann Jacob received further training from him. A few months later he moved to the Illustre Gymnasium in Gotha, which was under the direction of the Rector Georg Heß (1613–1694). His teachers included Johann Heinrich Rumpel , Gottfried Vockerodt (1665–1727), Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel and Johann Balthasar Strobel (1635–1711). The theological Ephorus Johann Heinrich Fergen (1643–1708) was also influential for the young Syrbius.

On October 18, 1693, Syrbius began studying theology at the University of Jena , where Friedemann Bechmann , Valentin Veltheim (1645–1700) and Georg Götze (1633–1699) were his teachers. He also attended lectures at the philosophical faculty with Caspar Posner (1659–1700), Johann Andreas Schmidt , Georg Albrecht Hamberger (1662–1716), Georg Schubart and Johann Andreas Danz . On October 16, 1696, he acquired the degree of master's degree in the philosophical sciences and in July 1701 he became an adjunct of the philosophical faculty. On April 28, 1704 he was Ephorus of the theological seminary and the Selecta of the grammar school in Eisenach .

On October 11, 1707 he took over the professorship of logic and metaphysics at the Jena University. He drew attention to himself when he took a stand against the teachings of Christian Wolff . On June 27, 1730 he was appointed associate professor of theology and on July 11 of the same year he was appointed doctor of theology. In 1734 he became a full professor of theology and was considered a moderate Lutheran, who did allow the rising pietism to make concessions within the framework of a sensible eclecticism . Syrbius also took part in the organizational tasks of the Jena University. He was dean of the philosophical faculty several times and was appointed rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semesters 1714, 1722, 1736 and in the winter semester 1738 . Since he died in the latter position, his body was solemnly buried on November 6, 1738 with public participation.

family

Syrbius was married four times. His first marriage was in 1707 with Anna Salome Künhold († May 17, 1709), the daughter of the heir, feudal lord and court lord of Tambachshof and Wölfis, Saxon-Gotha court and chamber councilor and senior bailiff of Gotha Paul Künhold (also Kunhold * 20 October 1639 in Königssee / Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt; † July 7, 1709 in Wölfis). The son Paul Friedrich Syrbius came from the marriage. On October 19, 1711 he married Maria Sophia Koch († December 9, 1713), the daughter of the Weißenfels bailiff, Jobst Christopher Koch. His third marriage was in 1715 with Katharina Louisa Lenz († September 5, 1731), the daughter of the Schwarzburg council and tax collector Adam Friedrich Lenz. The children of the marriage were Christian Adolf Syrbius, Christian Ludwig Syrbius, Frederica Louisa Syrbius, Maria Christina Syrbius, Friederica Elisabeth Syrbius, Heinrich August Syrbius, Johannes Jacob Syrbius, Charlotta Wilhelmine Syrbius, Ernst Gottlieb Syrbius and Maria Sophia Syrbius Married April 1736 to Wilhelm Daniel Muldner. He concluded his fourth marriage on January 26, 1736 with Sophie Elisabeth Zollmann, daughter of the Saxon-Coburg privy councilor Johann Ludwig Zollmann (born April 7, 1730 in Jena).

Works (selection)

  • Dissertatio de cultu Bacchi inter gentiles. Jena 1698
  • Diss. De numero et serie categoriarum. Jena 1699
  • Diss. De sabbato gentili. 1699.1726
  • Diss. De Pythagora intra syndonem noscendo. Jena 1701 ( online )
  • Disputatio pro loco. Jena 1702
  • Epistole. . . de methodo humanioris doctrinae. Jena 1703
  • Diss. De autoritate scripturae S. inter gentiles. Eisenach 1704
  • Diss. De discrimine affectuum spiritualium et naturalium. 1706
  • Programma de definitione sapientiae. Jena 1707, (anonymous)
  • Detailed clearance of the unauthorized accusations etc. Jena 1709
  • De re scholastica recte instituenda. 1711
  • Synopsis philosophiae rationalis. Jena 1716, (this work was published in Jena in 1717 under the title Institutiones philosophiae rationalis eclecticae and much more frequently again (1723 ibid.))
  • Synopsis philosophiae primae. Jena 1716, (newly published under the title Institutiones philosophiae primae novae et electivae. Jena 1720, new, increased edition 1726)
  • Conspectus philosophiae naturalis eclecticae. Jena 1717
  • Diss. De originie Atheismi. Jena 1720
  • Brief instruction on wisdom and all the sciences that are directly related to it. Jena 1724
  • Diss. De desiderio hominis infinito. 1726, 4 vols.
  • Diss. De tenenda fidei christianae professione. 1780
  • Diss. De Pauli in urbem Romam ingressu. 1731, 15 vols.
  • Diss. De determinata futurorum contingentium veritate. 1738

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personal data
SURNAME Syrbius, Johann Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Jakob Syrbe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1674
PLACE OF BIRTH Wechmar
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1738
Place of death Jena