Johann Philipp Heinius

Johann Philipp Heinius (born January 6, 1688 in Kassel , † August 8, 1775 in Berlin ) was a German philosopher and director of the philosophical class of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Life

Heinius studied in Bremen and then went to Halle, where he received an apprenticeship as professor antiquitatum sacrarum et historiae ecclesiasticae at the reformed grammar school . In 1729 he received his doctorate in theology in Frankfurt (Oder) . In 1730 he moved to Berlin, where he was rector of the Joachimthalschen Gymnasium . He held this position until 1768. In 1730 he was elected a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. From January 1744 until his death in 1775 he was director of the academy's philosophy class. Since the academy was no longer headed by a president from 1759 (this office was only reintroduced in 1939), the directors of the classes determined the business of the academy until the academy was reformed in 1812. He therefore had a position at the Prussian Academy that was equal to the president. In his scientific treatises he dealt among other things with Greek philosophers ( Anaxagoras , Epicurus ).

literature

Friedrich Leopold Brunn (Ed.): Attempt to describe JHL Meierotto's biography . Royal Prussia. academic art and bookshop, Berlin 1802 (short biography of Heinius from page 133).

Web links

Johann Philipp Heinius in the presidential gallery of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences

Individual evidence

^ Historical academy members: Johann Philipp Heinius (Heine). Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, accessed on March 23, 2020 .
^ President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): A history of over 300 years. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, formerly Prussian Academy of Sciences . BBAW, Berlin, p. 128 ( bbaw.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Heinius, Johann Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heine, Johann Philipp; Hein, Johann Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philosopher, member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH	kassel
DATE OF DEATH	August 8, 1775
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Historical academy members: Johann Philipp Heinius (Heine). Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, accessed on March 23, 2020 .

[2] President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): A history of over 300 years. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, formerly Prussian Academy of Sciences . BBAW, Berlin, p. 128 ( bbaw.de ).