Johann Heinrich Abicht (4 May 1762 – 28 April 1816) was a German philosopher.

Biography

Abicht was born at (now part of

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). His grandfather was teacher and organist in Wilmersdorf, Gehren, and his father was a teacher in Volkstedt. Johann Abicht himself finished the college in Rudolstadt and visited the

University of Erlangen A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

in 1781. In 1784 he became controller at the house of chief equerry von Schall in

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. Abicht made his magister in 1786 and his doctor in philosophy in 1790. In the same year, he was appointed adjunct and then extraordinary professor in the philosophical faculty. He became regular professor in 1796. On 4 August 1804 he was appointed professor of logic and metaphysics at the newly reorganised university of Wilna. He died at

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, aged 53. His philosophy is clearly influenced by

Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aest ...

, later by

Karl Leonhard Reinhold Karl Leonhard Reinhold (26 October 1757 – 10 April 1823) was an Austrian philosopher who helped to popularise the work of Immanuel Kant in the late 18th century. His "elementary philosophy" (''Elementarphilosophie'') also influenced German ideal ...

Publications

* ''De philosophiae Kantianae ad theologiam habitu'', 1788 * ''Versuch einer Metaphysik des Vergnügens nach Kantischen Grundsätzen zur Grundlegung einer systematischen Thelematologie und Moral'', 1789 * ''Philosophie der Erkenntnisse'', 1791 * ''Hermias, oder Auflösung der die gültige Elementarphilosophie betreffenden Aenesidemischen Zweifel'', 1794 * ''Neues philosophisches Magazin zur Erläuterung und Anwendung des Kantischen Systems'', 1789–1790, collaboration with . * ''Philosophisches Journal'', 4 volumes, 1794–1795, collaboration

Sources

* ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' - online version at

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