Johann Joachim Lange (26 October 1670 – 7 May 1744) was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher. Lange was born in

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and educated in

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and Halle. He was influenced by

Christian Thomasius Christian Thomasius (; 1 January 1655 – 23 September 1728) was a German jurist and philosopher. Biography He was born in Leipzig and was educated by his father, Jakob Thomasius (1622–1684), at that time a junior lecturer in Leipzig Univer ...

and the pietist

August Hermann Francke August Hermann Francke (; 22 March 1663 – 8 June 1727) was a German Lutheran clergyman, theologian, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar. His evangelistic fervour and pietism got him expelled as lecturer from the universities of Dresden and ...

. He became a professor of theology at Halle in 1709, and opposed the philosophy of Christian Wolff. He died in Halle on 7 May 1744. Lange wrote the hymn ''O God, what offering shall I give?'', translated into English by

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in 1739. Lange's son, Samuel Gotthold Lange, was a noted poet.

Works

*''Medicina mentis'', 1704 *''Causa dei et religionis naturalis adversum atheismus'', 1723 *''Modesta Disqvisitio Novi Philosophiæ Systematis De Deo, Mvndo Et Homine, Et Præsertim De Harmonia Commercii Inter Animam Et Corpvs Præstabilita; Cvm Epicrisi In Viri Cvivsdam Clarissimi Commentationem; De Differentia Nexvs Rervm Sapientis Et Fatalis Necessitatis, Nec Non Systematis Harmoniæ ...'', 1723

References

1670 births 1744 deaths People from Gardelegen German Lutheran theologians 17th-century German philosophers 18th-century German philosophers German male non-fiction writers Writers from Saxony-Anhalt 18th-century German Protestant theologians 18th-century German male writers {{Germany-philosopher-stub