Theodor Ludwig Lau
Theodor Ludwig Lau (born June 15, 1670 in Königsberg , † February 1740 in Altona ) was a German lawyer and philosopher of the Enlightenment .
Life
Theodor Ludwig Lau was a son of the lawyer Philipp Lau (1622–1682). From 1685 he studied philosophy, theology and law in Königsberg . In 1694/95 he studied another year in Halle and then toured the Netherlands, England and France. After that he was in the service of the Duke of Courland , Friedrich Wilhelm Kettler until 1711 . In 1717 he was raised to the imperial nobility under the name Lau von Löwenstern . He published his deist - Spinozist views in 1717 and 1719 ; the books were banned very quickly. From 1727 he stayed in his hometown again, but soon ran into difficulties here too when his authorship of these books became known. From 1736 he lived in Altona under a false name. He died in the deepest poverty.
Fonts
- Meditationes philosophicae de Deo, Mundo, et Homine . 1717
- Meditationes, Theses, Dubia philosophico-theologica . 1719
- Draft of a well-established police station . Frankfurt am Main 1717
literature
- Ernst Feil : Religio. Fourth volume: The history of a modern basic concept in the 18th and early 19th centuries . Göttingen 2012, pp. 129-133. ISBN 978-3-647-55199-9 ( digitized version )
- Erich Donnert : Theodor Ludwig Lau: (1670 - 1740); Religious philosopher and free thinker of the early modern period . Frankfurt am Main 2011. ISBN 978-3-631-61475-4
- Martin Mulsow : Modernism from the underground. Radical early enlightenment in Germany 1680-1720 . Hamburg 2002 ISBN 978-3-7873-1597-0
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lau, Theodor Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and philosopher of the Enlightenment |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1670 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1740 |
| Place of death | Altona |