Philipp Albert Stapfer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philipp Albert Stapfer

Swiss philosopher

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1766

Place of Birth: Bern, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1840

Profession: diplomat, theologian, philosopher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Philipp Albert Stapfer (Bern, 23 September 1766 – Paris, 27 March 1840) was a Swiss politician and philosopher. He was the plenipotentiary envoi of the Helvetic Republic to the French consulate in Paris from 1801 till 1803.
( Act of Mediation ) He married and settled in France, at the Chateau de Talcy (Loir-et-Cher) and in Paris where he became the friend of Maine de Biran -in 1805 at informal gatherings of Cabanis circle at Auteuil.
He was also vice-president of the Paris Protestant society. He is the recipient of Maine de Biran's essay: "Réponses aux arguments contre l'aperception immédiate d'une liaison causale entre le vouloir primitif et la motion et contre la dérivation d'un principe universel et nécessaire de causalités de cette source." (1818);an important résumé known as: "Réponses à Stapfer"