Josef Franz Capesius

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Josef Franz Capesius (born July 21, 1853 in Probstdorf ; † 1918 ) was a Transylvanian philosopher and educator .

Life

His father, the Probstdorf pastor Bernhard Franz Capesius, taught him until he was 13, and then from 1866 to 1871 he attended the grammar school in Sibiu . He spent the next year with his parents and then moved to Leipzig University another year later . He completed this course in 1876, stayed in his home country for six months and studied theology , philosophy, education, mathematics and physics at the University of Berlin in 1876/1877 ; in August 1877 he received the philosophy doctorate . He then returned to his homeland to become a private teacher . After he passed the teaching exam the following year, he was allowed to teach as a teacher. Later, however, Capesius fell so ill that he had to resign and was hardly allowed to do anything. He spent the following years in the country and recovered. He then became a professor at the Protestant regional church seminary in September 1885 . On March 27, 1894, he was appointed deputy board member of the Transylvanian Society for Natural Sciences in Sibiu . In July 1896 he was promoted to head of the regional church seminary. In November of that year he was also appointed a member of the teaching council. Capesius finally died in 1918. He had also written an article about the Transylvanian natural scientist and collector Eduard Albert Bielz in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie .

Works

  • The main moments in the history of the development of Herbartian metaphysics (Leipzig 1878)
  • Herbart's metaphysics in its development history and according to its historical position: a contribution to the history of post-Kantian philosophy (Leipzig 1878)
  • The concept of apperception in Leibnitz and his successors: A terminological investigation (Hermannstadt 1894)
  • The religious in Goethe's Faust (Hermannstadt 1901)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Capesius, Josef Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Transylvanian philosopher and educator
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Probstdorf
DATE OF DEATH 1918