Jakob Friedrich Fries wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Jakob Friedrich Fries as German philosopher & scholar.
Jakob Friedrich Fries was born at Barby in 1773. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at Leipzig University and University of Jena.
Enlightenment argument moved philosophy into public life: it was now about government, rights and religion as much as metaphysics.
His academic posts were held at Heidelberg University and University of Jena.
The recorded fields of work are philosophy.
His principal work is Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft. Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Jakob Friedrich Fries died in 1843, aged 70. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft
- Held posts at Heidelberg University and University of Jena
- Fields: philosophy
