Kaspar Arnurus

Kaspar Arnurus (also Lämmerzagel , Lämmerschwanz , Lemmerczayl , Arcturus or Arnur ; * around 1520 in Stadtilm ; † September 11, 1586 in Jena ) was a German moral philosopher and logician .

Life

Nothing is known about its origins and early years. He matriculated as "Caspar Arnurus" in May 1542 at the University of Wittenberg . Either he himself, or one of his ancestors, had graced the surname as the scholarly name Lämmerzagel (lamb's tail) . In Wittenberg he became a student of Philipp Melanchthon and saw Martin Luther while he was still alive. On February 25, 1546 he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy and in the same year became rector of the city school in Jena. In the winter semester of 1559 he was accepted into the philosophy faculty of the university, where he took part in the reading business.

On October 24, 1568 he became vice-principal of the Latin school in Halle (Saale) and in 1573 he was appointed professor of moral philosophy and logic at the Jena Salana . As a university lecturer in Jena, he participated in the organizational tasks of the educational institution. In the winter semester of 1567 and in the summer semester of 1574 he was dean of the philosophical faculty and in the winter semester of 1576 he was rector of the Alma Mater . During the theological disputes at the Jena University he was a sympathizer of the Philippists .

Arnurus married Dorothea Beich (* 1519 in Luckau; † January 28, 1605 in Jena), the daughter of Johann Beich and Catharina Starkewitz. There are several children from the marriage. Of these, the Jena Mayor Johann Arnurus (born May 9, 1549 in Jena; † November 13, 1608 ibid .; 1595, 1604, 1608 Mayor Jena, married I. with the widow of Christoph Druckscherf, married II. Gertrud Nottenrod ), as well as the sons Caspar Arnurus (* Jena), Wolfgang Arnurus and the daughter Dorothea Arnurus (married Müller) known.

literature

• Entry. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 2, Leipzig 1732, column 1613.
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholarly lexicon. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig 1750, Volume 1, Sp. 568 ( Online )
• Johann Christoph Adelung : Continuation and additions to Christian Gottlieb Jöcher's general scholar Lexico. Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig 1784, Volume 1, Sp. 1130 ( Online )
• Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel : Historical-critical messages from deceased scholars and their writings. Cörner, Köthen & Dessau 1757, Volume 3, p. 637 ( Online )
• Johann Caspar Zeumer, Christoph Weissenborn: Vitae Professorum Theologiae, Jurisprudentiae, Medicinae et Philosophiae qui in illustri Academia Jenensi, ab ipsius fundatione ad nostra usque tempora vixerunt et adhuc vivunt una cum scriptis a quolibet editis quatuor classibus. Johann Felici Bieleck, Jena 1711, p. 35 (Philosophers, Online )
• Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence. People AE. Frommann-Holzboog, 1977, p. 91
• Johann Günther: Life sketches of the professors at the University of Jena from 1558 to 1858. Friedrich Maucke, Jena 1858, p. 168 ( online )
• Old and new from home. Reprint of the supplement to the Jenaer Volksblatt. 1936 (manuscript print for a reprint, incomplete, online )
• Hans Apel: Jena's inhabitants from the time from 1250 to 1600. CA Starke, Görlitz 1937, p. 5