Frobenius Forster

Frobenius Forster (actually Johann Michael, born August 30, 1709 King box on the Ilm, † October 1, 1791 in the monastery of St. Emmeram / ​​Regensburg ) was a Catholic philosopher, historian and educator.

From 1744 to 1747 he was professor of philosophy at the University of Salzburg. Much like his fellow brothers Anselm Desing or Andrew Gordon Forster was the Barockscholastik against critical, since they had the theories of the Enlightenment oppose less and less. At the same time, they used their universalist claim to deal with the totality of knowledge. During his time as prince-abbot of the monastery of St. Emmeram the monastery has grown into a leading humanities and natural science center in the German culture. He created for himself a lasting name as a scholar with a comprehensive publication of the works of Alcuin.