Jakob Böhme
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Jakob Böhme was a German Christian mystic and theosophical writer whose visionary metaphysical ideas deeply influenced later German idealist and Romantic philosophy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jakob Böhme canonical | 6 |
| Jacob Boehme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Jakob Böhme Context triple: [Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, influencedBy, Jakob Böhme]
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Novalis
Novalis was the pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a pioneering early German Romantic poet, novelist, and philosopher known for his mystical and lyrical works such as "Hymns to the Night."
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William von Meister
William von Meister was an American entrepreneur and technology pioneer best known for his early work in online services and telecommunications that helped lay the groundwork for consumer internet access.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German Idealist philosopher known for his work on nature, freedom, and the development of a dynamic, evolving conception of reality.
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Johann Georg Hamann
Johann Georg Hamann was an 18th-century German philosopher and critic known for his religiously grounded, anti-Enlightenment thought and his significant influence on later figures such as Herder and Kierkegaard.
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E.
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was an 18th-century Swiss polymath—physiologist, anatomist, poet, and scholar—whose scientific and literary work made him a central figure of the German Enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jakob Böhme Target entity description: Jakob Böhme was a German Christian mystic and theosophical writer whose visionary metaphysical ideas deeply influenced later German idealist and Romantic philosophy.
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A.
Novalis
Novalis was the pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a pioneering early German Romantic poet, novelist, and philosopher known for his mystical and lyrical works such as "Hymns to the Night."
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B.
William von Meister
William von Meister was an American entrepreneur and technology pioneer best known for his early work in online services and telecommunications that helped lay the groundwork for consumer internet access.
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C.
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German Idealist philosopher known for his work on nature, freedom, and the development of a dynamic, evolving conception of reality.
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D.
Johann Georg Hamann
Johann Georg Hamann was an 18th-century German philosopher and critic known for his religiously grounded, anti-Enlightenment thought and his significant influence on later figures such as Herder and Kierkegaard.
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E.
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was an 18th-century Swiss polymath—physiologist, anatomist, poet, and scholar—whose scientific and literary work made him a central figure of the German Enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian mystic
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human ⓘ theosophical writer ⓘ |
| activePeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Jakob Böhme
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surface form:
Jacob Boehme
Jakob Behmen ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Görlitz ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1575-04-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Alt Seidenberg
ⓘ
near Görlitz ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
Holy Wisdom
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surface form:
Sophia (divine wisdom)
Ungrund ⓘ coincidence of opposites ⓘ seven qualities of nature ⓘ threefold Godhead ⓘ |
| citizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1624-11-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Görlitz ⓘ |
| denomination | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| era | Early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicity | German ⓘ |
| influenced |
Franz von Baader
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Friedrich Schleiermacher ⓘ Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ Novalis ⓘ
surface form:
Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis)
G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Romanticism ⓘ
surface form:
German Romanticism
German idealism ⓘ Louis Claude de Saint-Martin ⓘ William Blake ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| movement |
Christian mysticism
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German mysticism ⓘ theosophy ⓘ |
| name | Jakob Böhme self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aurora
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De signatura rerum ⓘ Forty Questions on the Soul ⓘ Mysterium Magnum ⓘ The Way to Christ ⓘ |
| occupation |
mystic
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philosopher ⓘ shoemaker ⓘ theologian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| viewOnEvil | evil arises from the dark principle within the divine ground ⓘ |
| viewOnGod | God manifests through a dynamic process of self-revelation ⓘ |
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Subject: Jakob Böhme Description of subject: Jakob Böhme was a German Christian mystic and theosophical writer whose visionary metaphysical ideas deeply influenced later German idealist and Romantic philosophy.
Referenced by (7)
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