Valentin Veltheim

Valentin Veltheim also: Velthem, Velthemius, (born March 11, 1645 in Halle (Saale) , † April 25, 1700 in Jena ) was a German moral philosopher and Lutheran theologian .

Life

Veltheim was the son of councilor Valentin Velthem (born December 3, 1607 in Bremervörde ; † May 19, 1664 in Halle (Saale)) and his second wife Anna Gantzland, who married on May 30, 1643 († June 8, 1659 in Halle (Saale) )). He was baptized on March 13, 1645. Veltheim attended the grammar school in Halle, which was under the direction of Rector Valentin Berger (born January 18, 1620 in Ohrdruf; † May 22, 1675 in Halle (Saale)) and Vice-Rector Martin Lipenius . Sponsored by Johannes Olearius , he moved to the University of Jena in the summer semester of 1664 to study theology. In Jena, for example, he found his first point of reference in Christian Chemnitz (1615–1666). The prerequisites for such a degree were an elementary basic study of the philosophical sciences. For this purpose he attended the lectures of Johann Zeisold , Johann Frischmuth , Erhard Weigel , Johann Andreas Bose , Caspar Posner and Georg Götze (1633–1699).

After he had advanced to a master's degree in philosophical sciences in a short time, he turned to theological studies. For this purpose, he used the lectures by Johannes Musaeus , Christian Chemnitz, Johann Ernst Gerhard the Elder , Sebastian Niemann and Friedemann Bechmann . He also participated in the Salana reading business. In August 1672 he was appointed professor for ethics and politics and in 1679 took over the chair for logic and metaphysics. After he had received his doctorate in theology on January 14, 1680, he became professor of theology in 1683, which task he carried out until the end of his life. In addition, participated in the organizational tasks of the Salana. He was dean of the philosophical and theological faculties several times and in the summer semester of 1681, as well as the winter semesters of 1685, 1691, 1695 and 1699 rector of the Alma Mater . He is best known in the scholarly dispute with Samuel von Pufendorf , when he attacked him in 1674 with his writing Vera et genuina fundamenta juris naturae contra Pufendorfium . His main theological work is the Theologia moralis , published in 1691 .

family

Veltheim married Catharina Elisabeth Frischmuth, the daughter of his teacher Professor Johann Frischmuth, on June 17, 1673 in Jena. Children were born from marriage. We know of these:

• Valentin Gottlieb Velthem * Jena; enrolled July 19, 1681 a. WS 1693
• Georg Gerhard Velthem * Jena; matriculated February 4, 1692 a. June 19, 1706
• Johann Conrad Velthem * Jena enrolled February 3, 1686 a. December 31, 1699, January 31, 1711 Candidate med.
• Maria Katharina Velthem († 1676)
• Catharina Sybilla Velthem

Works (selection)

• De potentia causatiua. Jena 1668
• Ortus principiorum in mente humana. Jena 1669
• Selecta quaedam e generationis doctrina petita Themata. Jena 1671
• De effectibus casualibus et fortuitis in ordine ad primum motorem a nonnuullis assertis. Jena 1671
• De dominio in genre et specie, cumprimis v. de imperio. Jena 1672 ( online )
• Ius antiquissimum et Rhadamenteum, ut, qui malefecit, malum ferat. Jena 1673 ( online )
• De consortio delinquentium. Jena 1673 ( online )
• Ius imperii quaesitum. Jena 1674
• Vera et genuina fundamenta iuris naturae contra Pufendorfium. 1674
• De statu controversiae. Jena 1675
• Moralitas merae cogitationis. Jena 1675
• Justus dolor. Jena 1675
• Aetioscopia practica. Jena 1675
• Sanctimonia vinculorum, per quae respulica cohaeret. Jena 1675
• Sceptrum directiuum. Jena 1676
• de causa morali. Jena 1678
• de notionis formaliter nonnullis receptis ac frequentibus, earumque usu inprimis in disciplinis practicis. Jena 1679
• Moralitas iuramenti cum reseruatione mentali praestiti. Jena 1679
• Moralitas belli a principe non laeso aduersus alienum populum sub religionis saluisicae praetextu gesti. Jena 1680
• Institutiones metaphysicae continuis exemplis in primis theologicis, juridicis, moralibus politicis illustratae. 1680
• Prodromus vindicarum pro legitima eaque vere divina, Ministrorum Ecdesiae nostrae vocatione. Jena 1681
• Metaphysica axiomatica. 1682
• Absolutum decretum. Jena 1682
• De artificio Syllogisandi eiusque necessario et eximio usu.Jena 1682
• Dispute. Theol. qua pro B. Doctore Joh.Gerhardo contra MF endelinum euidenter demonstratur, hominem in summotentationis discrimine constitutum, ut non tantum nullam in se fidem sentiat, sed et plane sibi persuadeat, se non esse electum, sed reprobrum, ex solis istris hypothosibus quas Wendelinus Lutheranas ac falsa vocat, et non ab ullo homine ex aliis solida consolatione erigi et tranquillari plena posse. Jena 1683
• Leges inter armaloquentes. Jena 1683
• De juramentis diuinis et humanis. Jena 1684
• De Canone et liris Canonicis. Jena 1686
• De Scripturae S. literali et mystico sensu. Jena 1686
• Dissertatio Theologico-Historica de Traditionibus, Pontificiis modestioribus opposita. Jena 1686
• Decas Disputationum theologicarum, 1688
• Episcoporum et Presbyterorum jura ui uris diuini quaesita. Jena 1688
• Selecti quidam e Sacramentorum doctrina petiti casus. Jena 1688
• Theologia moralis. Jena 1691 ( online )
• Theologia memorialis. Jena 1691
• Fontes universitatis theologiae. Jena 1691
• Gemina tentationis sacies. Jena 1691
• Dissertatio Theologica, qua Sacra Coena vera ac realis praesentia panis et vini (contra omnes Pontificios) coporis et sanguinis Saluatoris nostri (contra omnes Reformatos) defenditur. Jena 1695
• Theologia acroamatica. Jena 1697

literature

• Paul Tschackert :  Veltheim, Valentin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 595 f.
• 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. 236
• Veltheim, Velthem, Velthemius (Valentin). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 46, Leipzig 1745, column 1084-1087.
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig, 1751, Vol. 4, Sp. 1508, ( online )