Georg Joachim Zollikofer belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Georg Joachim Zollikofer as German theologian and philosopher (1730-1788).
Georg Joachim Zollikofer was born at St. Gallen in 1730. His recorded nationality is Germany.
Enlightenment argument moved philosophy into public life: it was now about government, rights and religion as much as metaphysics.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Georg Joachim Zollikofer died in 1788, aged 58. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
