Karl Ludwig Pörschke

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Karl Ludwig Pörschke (born January 10, 1752 in Molsehnen near Königsberg, † September 24, 1812 in Königsberg (Prussia) ) was a German philologist and philosopher.

Life

Pörschke received his first scientific education at the Collegium Fridericianum and enrolled at the University of Königsberg on September 24, 1768 . Here he attended the logic lectures of Immanuel Kant and dealt with philology and the natural sciences. Further studies took him to the University of Halle and the University of Göttingen . After he had obtained the master’s degree in philosophy, he completed his habilitation in Königsberg in 1787. He was appointed associate professor of philosophy on November 25, 1794 and full professor of poetry on May 27, 1803. In 1806 he received the full professorship for education and history, was Vice-Rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semester of 1808 and became professor of practical philosophy in 1809.

Pörschke had a broad wealth of knowledge, which he incorporated into his lectures on logic, metaphysics and aesthetics. In addition, there were topics on ethics, natural law, the history of philosophy, pedagogy and German literature. As the first in Koenigsberg, he incorporated Kant's Critique of Pure Reason into his university lectures. Before students attended Kant's lectures, they had obtained information from Pörschke. As a close friend of Kant, who respected him as a reliable and sincere man, he was one of his regular diners. He also had close contact with Johann Gottlieb Fichte , whose philosophical spirit he respected. As an eclectic Kantian , he combined in his writings a subtle taste with enthusiasm for human freedom and moral dignity.

Pörschke died on September 24, 1812 of complications from a stroke.

Works

  • Diss. De protyporum in artibus utilitate. Koenigsberg 1787
  • Thoughts on some subjects of the philosophy of the beautiful. 1. Collection. Liebau 1794, 2nd Libau Collection 1796
  • Preparations for a Popular Natural Law. Königsberg 1794 ( online )
  • Introduction to morality. Liebau 1797
  • Letters on the Metaphysics of Nature. Koenigsberg 1800
  • About Shakespeare's Macbeth. Königsberg 1801 ( online )
  • Anthropological treatises. Königsberg 1801 ( online )
  • De Platonis sententia, poetas e republica bene constituta esse expellendos. Koenigsberg 1803
  • The memorial feast of Immanuel Kant is consecrated on behalf of the Royal State University. Koenigsberg 1804
  • Speech on the very highest birthday of Her Majesty Louise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie, Queen of Prussia; on May 10th 1808. Königsberg 1808

literature

  • Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland, or lexicon of the now living German writers. Meyerische Buchhandlung, Lemgo 1798, vol. 6, p. 140, ( online ); 1803 Vol. 10, p. 427 ( online ); 1805, Vol. 11, p. 619, ( online ); 1811, vol. 15, p. 67, ( online ); 1823, vol. 19, p. 166, ( online )
  • Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff : Encyclopedia of German National Literature, or biographical-critical lexicon of German poets and prose writers, since the earliest times; along with samples from their works. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1841, vol. 6, p. 86, ( online )
  • Ludwig Noack: Philosophy-historical lexicon. Brief historical-biographical dictionary on the history of philosophy. Verlag L. Heinemann, Leipzig 1879, p. 700.
  • Carl von Prantl :  Pörschke, Karl Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 442-444.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ other information January 3rd
personal data
SURNAME Pörschke, Karl Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1752 or January 10, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Molten tendons , Kingdom of Prussia
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1812
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)