Carl Günther Ludovici

Carl Günther Ludovici (actually Ludewig; * August 7, 1707 in Leipzig, † July 5, 1778 ibid.), Evangelical Lutheran, a German philosopher, lexicographer and economists was.

Life

His father Christian Ludovici (1697-1724), professor of philosophy at the University of Leipzig, a theologian and orientalist, was informed by various tutors him since his second year of life. After weitergehendem teaching in the St. Thomas School, he studied with Paul Daniel Longolius since 1724 Philosophy and Theology at the University of Leipzig, where he also completed a master's degree in 1728. 1733 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the university and held that post since 1734 from.

Services

Ludovici devoted himself as a professor at first mainly the presentation and interpretation of the philosophical teachings of Christian Wolff and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, issuing two extensive writings, which sparked heated debate in the scholarly world. They brought him a complaints from professors at the University of Halle, but also led him to a lively correspondence with other scholars of his time.

1739 he was appointed by Johann Heinrich Zedler director of his great universal lexicon and served until 1754 as the main editor of the volumes 19 and 64 and the supplementary volumes 1-4 of this largest German- lexical performance of the 18th century. He introduced a number of innovations in the processing of the lexicon and increased its quality significantly. His prefaces to the volumes 19, 21, 23, and the first volume of the supplements are important lexicographic sources. The extensive article on Christian Wolff and the Wolffian philosophy originate sure his pen.

Even during the editing of the volumes of Zedler 1741-1743 he gave the German translation of the trading lexicon of French Jacques Savary of Bruslons (1622-1690) out. From this work grew a self -earned merchant's Lexicon, whose five volumes began to appear even before the completion of the work at the Zedler 1752 and were completed in 1756. It is the first German -language trade lexicon, which he as the last band still anfügte a systematic outline of this subject area. Apparently, the lexicon was actually used by merchants, because it can be owned by commercial firms prove.

Ludovici was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and the Leipzig companies Oeconomik, the liberal arts and the German language. He was also a member of the small prince College, overseer of the calendar system and archivist at the University of Leipzig.

Works (selection)

• Kurtzer Entwurff a complete history of the Wolffian philosophy. Lion, Leipzig 1736th [ 2 Published in three volumes ( The first volume appeared in its third edition ) under the title: ] Detailed design of a complete history of the Wolffian philosophy. Lion, Leipzig from 1737 to 1738. Reprints: Olms, Hildesheim, 1977 ( = Christian Wolff: Gesammelte Werke Edited by Jean École inter alia Dept. 3. Material and documents, vol 1:1-3).

• (First part )
• The other and the last part

• Preface to the XIX. and XX. Band ( 1739 ) - (Preface Volume 19 )
• Preface to the XXI. and XXII. Band ( 1739 ) - (Preface Volume 21 )
• Preface to the XXIII. and XXIV band ( 1740) - (Preface Volume 23 )
• Preface to the first volume of the supplements (1751 ) - (Preface Volume 23 )

• First Part: A- C ( 1741)
• Zweyter part: D -L ( 1741)
• Third part: M- R ( 1742)
• Vierdter part: S- Z ( 1742)
• Fünffter part, or Supplement ( 1743)

• First Part: A- B ( 1767)
• Zweyter part: C -G ( 1767)
• Third part: H -M ( 1767)
• Fourth part: N -S ( 1768)
• Fifth part: T -Z ( 1768)
• Notes to the Fifth part: outline of a full merchant's system, along with the rudiments of practical science, and an attached brief history of action on water and on land, from which one can recognize the current state of the action of Europe, also to the other parts of the world, at the same time designed for the service of action vultures. Leipzig:. Breitkopf, 1756 - 2, increased and improved edition 1768 reprint: Poeschel, Stuttgart 1932 ( = Sources and Studies in the History of Business Administration, Vol 4)..
• [ posthumous revision of the whole work: ] New eröfnete Academy of merchants, or encyclopädisches Kaufmannslexicon all knowledge Werthen and charitable in the broad areas of action science and commercial customer at all, formerly published by Carl Günther Ludovici ..., quite fashioned from Johann Christian Schedel (6 vols ). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig from 1797 to 1801. First Part: A- B ( 1797)
• Zweyter part: C -F ( 1798)
• Third part: G- Canvas ( 1798)
• Fourth part: Leipzig permission tons (1799 )
• Fifth part: Pernambuco Schwobach (1800)
• Sixth and last part: Sciacca Zwoll (1801 )