Christian Wolff
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Christian Wolff was an 18th-century German rationalist philosopher whose systematic and rigorous approach to metaphysics and logic significantly shaped the development of Enlightenment thought and influenced Immanuel Kant.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Christian Wolff canonical | 33 |
| Christian Freiherr von Wolff | 1 |
| Christian Wolff (philosopher) | 1 |
| Leibniz–Wolff school | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment thinker
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human ⓘ logician ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ rationalist philosopher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1679-01-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Wrocław
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surface form:
Breslau
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Silesia ⓘ |
| citizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1754-04-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Halle (Saale)
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surface form:
Halle
Prussia ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Jena ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Halle
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University of Marburg ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Wolff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethics
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logic ⓘ mathematics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Christian ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
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German academic philosophy in the 18th century ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influencing the development of Kantian philosophy
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popularizing rationalist philosophy in German universities ⓘ rigorous organization of metaphysics, logic, and ethics ⓘ systematic and deductive method in philosophy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| movement |
German Enlightenment
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Cartesianism ⓘ
surface form:
Rationalism
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| name | Christian Wolff self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jus naturae methodo scientifica pertractatum
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surface form:
Jus gentium methodo scientifica pertractatum
Jus naturae methodo scientifica pertractatum ⓘ Philosophia practica universalis ⓘ Philosophia prima sive ontologia ⓘ Philosophia rationalis sive logica ⓘ Vernünftige Gedanken von Gott, der Welt und der Seele des Menschen, auch allen Dingen überhaupt ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Christian Wolff
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Leibniz–Wolff school
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| positionHeld |
professor of mathematics
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professor of philosophy ⓘ |
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Leibniz–Wolff school
subject surface form:
Émilie du Châtelet
this entity surface form:
Christian Wolff (philosopher)
subject surface form:
Book I (De iure belli ac pacis)
this entity surface form:
Christian Freiherr von Wolff