Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

German philosopher

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1743

Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1819

Profession: theologian, university teacher, philosopher, novelist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (German: [ja'ko?bi]; 25 January 1743 – 10 March 1819) was an influential German philosopher, literary figure, and socialite. He is notable for popularizing nihilism, a term coined by Obereit in 1787, and promoting it as the prime fault of Enlightenment thought particularly in the philosophical systems of Baruch Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Johann Fichte and Friedrich Schelling.Jacobi advocated Glaube (variously translated as faith or "belief") and revelation instead of speculative reason.
In this sense, Jacobi can be seen to have anticipated present-day writers who criticize secular philosophy as relativistic and dangerous for religious faith. In his time, he was also well known among literary circles for his critique of the Sturm and Drang movement, and implicitly close associate and intimate partner of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and his visions of atomized individualism.
His literary projects were devoted to the reconciliation of Enlightenment individualism with social obligation. He was the younger brother of poet Johann Georg Jacobi.



Alternative names	Johann Peter Langer; Peter Von Langer; Peter Langer; peter von langer; j. p. von langer; Langer
Description	German painter and university teacher
Date of birth/death	1 July 1756	6 August 1824
Location of birth/death	Kalkum	Munich
Work location	Düsseldorf, Munich
Authority control	: Q1275327 VIAF: 37674648 ISNI: 0000 0000 6676 6085 ULAN: 500115924 LCCN: no2019021557 GND: 116720166 WorldCat