Hermann Samuel Reimarus is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Hermann Samuel Reimarus as German philosopher.
Hermann Samuel Reimarus was born at Hamburg in 1694. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at University of Jena and Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums.
This was the century in which philosophy separated itself from theology and began to ask what could be known with certainty.
His academic posts were held at University of Wittenberg.
The recorded fields of work are philology, philosophy and history.
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.
Hermann Samuel Reimarus died in 1768, aged 74. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Wittenberg
- Fields: philology, philosophy and history
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