Johann Jakob Brucker is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Johann Jakob Brucker as German historian of philosophy (1696-1770).
Johann Jakob Brucker was born at Augsburg in 1696. His recorded nationality is Germany.
This was the century in which philosophy separated itself from theology and began to ask what could be known with certainty.
His academic posts were held at University of Jena.
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.
Johann Jakob Brucker died in 1770, aged 74. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Jena
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