Thomas Wizenmann

Thomas Wizenmann
Born(1759-11-02)November 2, 1759
Ludwigsburg, Duchy of Württemberg
DiedFebruary 22, 1787(1787-02-22) (aged 27)
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Duchy of Westphalia

Thomas Wizenmann (November 2, 1759 – February 22, 1787) was a German philosopher of the Enlightenment, a critic of Kant and Mendelssohn during the Pantheism controversy. He wrote Die Resultate der Jacobischer und Mendelsohnischen Philosophie kritisch erläutert von einem Freywilligen. Wizenmann was a follower of F. H. Jacobi, a critic of Enlightenment Rationalism. Wizenmann was a pietist.

References

  1. ↑ Beiser, Frederick C. (1 June 2009). The Fate of Reason: German Philosophy from Kant to Fichte. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674020696 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Giovanni, George di (24 July 2010). Karl Leonhard Reinhold and the Enlightenment. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789048132270 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Arkush, Allan (1 February 2012). Moses Mendelssohn and the Enlightenment. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791495261 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Wizenmann, Thomas from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia". McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online.