Konrad von Schmidt-Phiseldeck

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Konrad Georg Friedrich Elias von Schmidt-Phiseldeck (born July 3, 1770 in Braunschweig , † November 15, 1832 in Copenhagen ) was a German - Danish publicist, politician, theologian and philosopher.

Family and work

Konrad Friedrich was born as the son of Professor Christoph Schmidt-Phiseldeck, who was raised to hereditary nobility in 1789 . This was a councilor and archivist . He attended high school in Wolfenbüttel and studied theology and philosophy at the University of Helmstedt from 1787 .

In 1789 he moved to Copenhagen, became a private tutor and received a doctorate in theology and philosophy. Konrad Friedrich was married from 1802 to Wilhelmine Krohn (1777–1844), a daughter of the Lübeck mayor Hermann Diedrich Krohn . He acquired Danish citizenship and became Danish State Councilor in 1812 and Director of the new Danish Reichsbank in 1813.

Schmidt-Phiseldeck published several books between 1801 and 1830, some of which were also translated into other languages.

Publicist and Politician

Schmidt-Phiseldeck had an astute historical analysis, because he recognized the future new economic and political changes in the world order very early on and had therefore presented a remarkable concept for European unification. Schmidt-Phiseldeck was the first European to differentiate socio- economically , describing the political and geographical Europe in detail, and was the first to point out the growing future world power USA . Among other things, he wrote literally: "The fourth Julius of the year 1776 marks the beginning of a new period in world history [...] From this moment the impulse for a new change in events no longer comes from the old continent alone".

Schmidt-Phiseldeck saw, also because of the permanent occupation by the French, the need for European unification on the basis of a European concept of culture . In the political and intellectual world of that time, it was downright naive to present a European idea of ​​unification. For the states in Europe , he feared that there could be an additional economic and cultural disadvantage compared to the future, growing world power USA, and only for this reason should the economy and culture be protected by a European confederation. He called for a European confederation of sovereign federal states to which all European states should belong. He saw a federal assembly, a common court and a common army with general conscription as basic elements .

Fonts

  • Attempt to present the Danish system of neutrality. (1801)
  • About the present relationship of the Jewish nation to the Christian civil society. (1817)
  • Europe and America, or the future conditions of the civilized world. (1820)
  • The European Federation. (1821)
  • The policy of the principles of the holy alliance. (1822)
  • Rehearsals of political rhetoric. (1823)
  • The human race from its present point of view. (1827)
  • The world as an automaton and the kingdom of God. (1829)
  • About the recent excitement in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. (1830)

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt-Phiseldeck, Konrad von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt-Phiseldeck, Konrad Georg Friedrich Elias von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1832
Place of death Copenhagen , Denmark