Jan Hendrik Scholten

Dutch theologian (1811-1885)

In the history of thought, Jan Hendrik Scholten is one of the names that keeps being returned to.

The record lists Jan Hendrik Scholten as Dutch theologian (1811-1885).

Jan Hendrik Scholten was born at Vleuten in 1811. His recorded nationality is Netherlands. He studied at Utrecht University.

The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.

His academic posts were held at Leiden University, Leiden University and Leiden University.

The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.

That the work was done from Netherlands matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.

Jan Hendrik Scholten died in 1885, aged 74. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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