Christian Thomasius

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Christian Thomasius was a pioneering German jurist and philosopher of the early Enlightenment, known for promoting the use of the German language in academia and advocating religious tolerance and legal reform.

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Christian Thomasius canonical 24
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instanceOf Enlightenment philosopher ⓘ
human ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
advocated moderation and tolerance in confessional conflicts ⓘ
separation of morality and law in jurisprudence ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1655-01-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1728-09-23 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Frankfurt (Oder) ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
employer University of Halle ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Christian Thomasius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thomasius
fieldOfWork jurisprudence ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
natural law ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
givenName Christian ⓘ
influenced Christian Wolff ⓘ
German legal positivism ⓘ
influencedBy Hugo Grotius ⓘ
Samuel Pufendorf ⓘ
surface form: Samuel von Pufendorf
knownFor advocacy of religious tolerance ⓘ
critique of witch trials ⓘ
development of a secular concept of natural law ⓘ
opposition to torture in legal procedure ⓘ
pioneering lectures in German instead of Latin ⓘ
promoting the use of the German language in academic teaching ⓘ
reform of criminal law ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Early Enlightenment ⓘ
German Enlightenment ⓘ
name Christian Thomasius self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableWork De crimine magiae ⓘ
De jure circa nuptias ⓘ
Fundamenta juris naturae et gentium ⓘ
Institutiones jurisprudentiae divinae ⓘ
Introductio ad philosophiam aulicam ⓘ
Monatsgespräche ⓘ
Observationes selectae de jure naturae et gentium ⓘ
philosophicalSchool natural law tradition ⓘ
placeOfBirth Leipzig ⓘ
placeOfDeath Halle (Saale) ⓘ
positionHeld professor of law at the University of Halle ⓘ
rector of the University of Halle ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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De jure naturae et gentium → influenced → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
University of Halle → hasProfessor → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
Halle Enlightenment → hasKeyFigure → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
Institutiones jurisprudentiae divinae → author → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
Introductio ad philosophiam aulicam → author → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
Fundamenta juris naturae et gentium → author → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
Fundamenta juris naturae et gentium → hasAuthor → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
De crimine magiae → author → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
De jure circa nuptias → author → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
Monatsgespräche → publisher → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
Monatsgespräche → author → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
Monatsgespräche → creator → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
Monatsgespräche → notableEditor → Christian Thomasius ⓘ
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