Joseph Mangold

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Joseph Mangold (born March 2, 1716 in Rehling ; † May 10, 1787 in Augsburg ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher .

Life

Mangold, son of the farmer Johann Jakob Mangold, is said to have graduated from the Jesuit grammar school in Ellwangen . After he was accepted into the Jesuit order in 1733 , he went through the order-typical training, including the novitiate at the Jesuit college in Landsberg, and studied at the University of Ingolstadt . In 1747 he came to the Amberg Lyceum as a professor of philosophy .

Mangold became a professor of philosophy at the University of Ingolstadt in 1747 . In 1756 he moved to the theological faculty as a professor of dogmatics. In 1763 he got a chair in theology at the University of Dillingen . From 1766 to 1769 he was rector of both the university and the Jesuit college of St. Hieronymi . In 1770 he became rector of the St. Salvator College in Augsburg. Even after the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773, the college continued to exist and he remained its rector until his death. After his death, his brother Maximus Mangold took over the post of rector.

Works (selection)

  • Systema Luminis Et Colorum Novam De Refractione Theoriam Complectens Cum Praevia Dissertatione De Sono , Schleig, Ingolstadt 1753.
  • Philosophia Rationalis Et Experimentalis , 3 volumes, Crätz and Summmer, Ingolstadt and Munich 1755–1756.

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SURNAME Mangold, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jesuit, Catholic theologian and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1716
PLACE OF BIRTH Rehling
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1787
Place of death augsburg