Johann Nepomuk Ehrlich

Johann Nepomuk Ehrlich ( born February 21, 1810 in Vienna, † October 23, 1864 ) was a Catholic Austrian philosopher and theologian.

Ehrlich enters 1827 with the Piarists. He studied philosophy in Krems 1828-29 and 1829-34 philosophy and theology in Vienna. He was influenced by Günther. In 1834 he was ordained. Since 1836, he taught philosophy, history and literature at a high school in Krems. In 1850 he received his doctorate in Tübingen, then professor of moral theology in Graz. He transferred after two years to Prague as a professor of moral theology. In 1856 he then receives the first Chair of Fundamental Theology.

Works

• Guide to Metaphysics, 1841
• Metaphysics as a rational ontology, 1841
• Doctrine of the destiny of human beings as rational teleology, 2 vols, in 1842 and 1845.
• Christianity and the religions of the East, 1843
• The latest proposals for reform of philosophical ethics, 1847
• Letters of a Piaristen to his fellow brothers in the KK Austrian States, 1848
• About the Christian principle of society, 1856
• Fundamental Theology, 1859-1862.
• Apologetic supplements for Fundamental Theology, 2 vols, 1863 and 1864
• Textbook of logic for high schools, 1863
• Textbook of empirical psychology, 1864
• Buddhism and Christianity, 1864, Online