Caspar Schwenckfeld is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Caspar Schwenckfeld as German theologian.
Caspar Schwenckfeld was born at Osiek, Lubin County in 1489. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at University of Frankfurt an der Oder and University of Cologne.
Recovered classical texts and the printing press reopened questions that had been treated as settled for centuries.
The recorded fields of work are theology, protestant reformation and mysticism.
A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Caspar Schwenckfeld died in 1561, aged 72. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Fields: theology, Protestant Reformation and mysticism
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