In the history of thought, Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land as Dutch philosopher, historian and musicologist (1834-1897).
Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land was born at Delft in 1834. His recorded nationality is Netherlands.
The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.
His academic posts were held at University of Amsterdam, 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 Pieter Nicolaas Land died in 1897, aged 63. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Amsterdam, Leiden University and Leiden University
