Jakob Martini is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Jakob Martini as German theologian and philosopher.
Jakob Martini was born at Langenstein in 1570. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at University of Helmstedt and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
Recovered classical texts and the printing press reopened questions that had been treated as settled for centuries.
His academic posts were held at University of Wittenberg.
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.
Jakob Martini died in 1649, aged 79. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Wittenberg
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