Johann Georg Schwarz

Russian mystic

In the history of thought, Johann Georg Schwarz is one of the names that keeps being returned to.

The record lists Johann Georg Schwarz as Russian mystic.

Johann Georg Schwarz was born at Transylvania in 1751. His recorded nationality is Russia.

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 Lomonosov Moscow State University and Moscow University Gymnasium.

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

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

Johann Georg Schwarz died in 1784, aged 33. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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