Johann Konrad Dippel belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Johann Konrad Dippel as German pietist theologian, alchemist and physician.
Johann Konrad Dippel was born at Frankenstein Castle in 1673. His recorded nationality is Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. He studied at University of Giessen.
This was the century in which philosophy separated itself from theology and began to ask what could be known with certainty.
The recorded fields of work are alchemy, chemistry and theology.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
That the work was done from Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Johann Konrad Dippel died in 1734, aged 61. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Fields: alchemy, chemistry and theology
