Johann Robeck
Johann Robeck (* 1672 in Kalmar , Sweden ; † 1735 near Bremen ) was a Swedish Jesuit and author.
Not much is known about Robeck's life story, except that he was originally a Lutheran but then converted to Catholicism .
In 1735 Robeck drowned himself in the Weser near Bremen . His treatise "De morte voluntaria exercitatio sive examen calumniarum nugarum et fallaciarum" is published posthumously . This "apologetic theory of suicide" became one of the most famous books on suicide in the 18th century and influenced Jean-Jacques Rousseau among others .
Robeck is still known today primarily through a mention as a "German professor" "who voluntarily put an end to his life" in Voltaire's short philosophical novel " Candide or Optimism " (Chapter 12).
Remarks
- ↑ Rost, Bibliography of Suicide [1927], p. 603
literature
- Otto Schmid: Robeck, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 717.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robeck, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish Jesuit and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1672 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalmar , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1735 |
| Place of death | near Bremen |