Jacob Freudenthal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacob Freudenthal

German philosopher

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1839

Place of Birth: Bodenfelde, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1907

Profession: university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Jacob Freudenthal

  • Jacob Freudenthal (20 June 1839 – 1 June 1907) was a German philosopher.
  • He was born at Bodenfelde, Hanover and died at Schreiberhau. Freudenthal received his education at the universities of Breslau and Göttingen, and at the rabbinical seminary of Breslau.
  • After graduating from the University of Göttingen (1863) he became teacher of the Samson school in WolfenbĂĽttel (1863–64), whence be removed to Breslau as teacher in the rabbinical seminary there, a position which he resigned in 1888.
  • In 1875, he became lecturer in philosophy at the University of Breslau; in 1878 he was elected assistant professor, in 1888 professor, of philosophy.
  • He was a member of the senate of the university in 1894-96, and dean of the philosophical faculty in 1898-99.
  • The Prussian Academy of Science sent him to England in 1888 to study English philosophy, and in 1898 to the Netherlands to research the life of Spinoza. The results of these voyages were his "Beiträge zur Englischen Philosophie", in the "Archiv fĂĽr Geschichte der Philosophie" (iv.
  • 450 et seq., v.
  • 1 et seq.), and "Die Lebensgeschichte Spinoza's", Leipzig, 1899. He contributed various essays to the publications of the Prussian Academy of Science, such as: to the "Rheinische Museum", to the "Archiv fĂĽr Geschichte der Philosophie", to "Hermes", to the "J.
  • Q.
  • R.", to Monatsschrift Allg.
  • Zeit.
  • des Judenthums"He also published: "Ueber den Begriff der Fa?tas?a bei Aristoteles" (1863); "Die Flavius Josephus Beigelegte Schrift ĂĽber die Herrschaft der Vernunft", 1869; "Hellenistische Studien" (1875–79); "Ueber die Theologie des Xenophanes" (1886)

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