Jacob Freudenthal

Jacob Freudenthal ( born June 20, 1839 in the bottom field ( Kingdom of Hanover ); † June 1, 1907 in Schreiberhau ) was a German philosopher.

Life and work

Freudenthal studied at the universities of Breslau and Göttingen and at the rabbinical seminary in Breslau. After graduation, he was first a teacher at the Samson school in Wolfenbüttel (1863 /64), then to 1888 teacher at the Breslau Seminary. In parallel, he was at the University of Breslau in 1875 philosophy lecturer. In 1878 he was appointed extraordinary, in 1888 ordinary professor.

Since 1869, Freudenthal was married to Therese Sachs, a subsidiary of the Berlin rabbi Michael Sachs The legal scholar Berthold Freudenthal was a son of the couple.

In the center of Freudenthal's scientific publications are studies of life history and philosophy of Spinoza.

Works

• About the concept of Φαντασία in Aristotle, 1863.
• The Flavius ​​Josephus enclosed Minutes of the rule of reason, 1869.
• Alexander polymath and received from him remains Judean and Samaritan histories ( Hellenic Studies ), Wroclaw 1875/1879.
• Spinoza. His life and his teachings. Volume One: The Life of Spinoza, Stuttgart 1904. Spinoza. Life and teaching. On the basis of the estate of J. Freudenthal edited by Carl Gebhardt. 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1927 ( Bibliotheca Spinozana curis societatis Spinozanae; T. 5).

Publisher

• The life story of Spinoza in source documents, deeds and not official news. With the support of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, edited by J. Freudenthal, Leipzig 1899. The life story of Spinoza. With a bibliography. Edited by Manfred Walther, assisted by Michael Czelinski. 2, strong exp. Full and new annotated edition of the ed by Jacob Freudenthal 1899, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: From man - Holzboog ( specula, Vol 4) [ 1 band biographies and documents; Volume 2 comment].