Johann Nepomuk Ehrlich
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Johann Nepomuk Ehrlich (February 21, 1810 – October 23, 1864) was an Austrian theologian and philosopher born in
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Biography

Ehrlich was born in
Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
. He initially studied philosophy in Krems (1828–1829), and from 1829 to 1834 studied philosophy and theology at the
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. In 1834 he received his
ordination Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...
, and from 1836 taught classes in philosophy, history and literature at the gymnasium in Krems. In 1850 he obtained the theological doctorate in
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, and during the same year was appointed professor of moral theology in
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. Two years later he relocated to the University of Prague as a professor of moral theology, where in 1856 he became a professor of fundamental theology. In 1827, while still a teenager, Ehrlich joined the Piarists. In 1853 he became an associate member of the Bohemian Society of Sciences.


Works

* ''Leitfaden der Metaphysik'' (A guide to
metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but some theorists view it as an inquiry into the conceptual framework of ...
), 1841 * ''Metaphysik als rationale Ontologie'' (Metaphysics as a rational
ontology Ontology is the philosophical study of existence, being. It is traditionally understood as the subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features of reality. As one of the most fundamental concepts, being encompasses all of realit ...
), 1841 * ''Lehre von der Bestimmung der Menschen als rationale Teleologie'' (Doctrine of determination of the people as rational
teleology Teleology (from , and )Partridge, Eric. 1977''Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'' London: Routledge, p. 4187. or finalityDubray, Charles. 2020 912Teleology. In ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' 14. New York: Robert Appleton ...
, Part 1), 1842 * ''Das Christentum und die Religionen des Morgenlandes'' (Christianity and the religions of the Eastern World), 1843 * ''Lehre von der Bestimmung der Menschen als rationale Teleologie'' (Doctrine of determination of the people as rational teleology, Part 2), 1845 * ''Die neuesten Vorschläge zur Reform der philosophische Ethik'' (The newest proposals for reform of philosophical ethics), 1847 * ''Briefe eines Piaristen an seine Ordensbrüder in den K. K. österreichischen Staaten'' (Letter from the Piarists to religious brethren in the Royal Austrian State), 1848 * ''Über das christlichen Prinzip der Gesellschaft'' (On the Christian principle of society), 1856 * ''Fundamentaltheologie'' (Fundamental Theology, 1859-1862) * ''Apologetische Ergänzungen zur Fundamentaltheologie'' (Apologetic additions to fundamental theology, Part 1), 1863 * ''Lehrbuch der Logik für Gymnasien'' (Textbook of logic for Gymnasiums), 1863 * ''Apologetische Ergänzungen zu Fundamentaltheologie'' (Apologetic additions to fundamental theology, Part 2), 1864 * ''Lehrbuch der empirische Psychologie'' (Textbook of empirical psychology), 1864


References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ehrlich, Johann Nepomuk 19th-century Austrian philosophers 19th-century Austrian Roman Catholic theologians Writers from Vienna Academic staff of Charles University Academic staff of the University of Graz Piarists 1810 births 1864 deaths