Carl Günther Ludovici
Carl Günther Ludovici (or Ludewig) (7 August 1707 in
Life
Ludovici was born 7 August 1707 in Leipzig, son of Christian Ludovici (1663–1732), professor of philosophy at the
In 1739,
Work
Ludovici's primary work as a professor was the presentation and interpretation of the philosophical teachings of Christian Wolff and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He published two extensive articles which sparked heated debate in the learned world. He received complaints from professors at the
As editor, Ludovici introduced several innovations in the Great Universal Lexicon and a significantly increased its quality. He made the bibliography at the end of each article more complete, made articles much longer and introduced biographies of living people.[2] His prefaces to the volumes 19, 21, 23 and the first volume of the supplements are important lexicographical sources. The extensive article on Christian Wolff and the Wolffian philosophy are almost certainly his work.[citation needed]
While editing Zedler's Universal Lexicon, Ludovici made a German translation from the French of the Dictionaire de commerce of Jacques Savary des Brûlons, which was published as the General Treasure Chamber between 1741-1743. From this work grew the Open Academy of Merchants, a more complete lexicon of commerce whose five volumes published by Zedler's partner Johann Samuel Heinsius began to appear in 1752 and were completed in 1756. It is the first complete German-language trade lexicon, with the last volume providing a systematic plan of this discipline. The lexicon was used in practice, as shown by the sales to commercial firms.[3]
Partial bibliography
- Carl Günther Ludovici (1730). Tentamen log. de ratione philosophandi in genere [The nature of philosophizing].
- Carl Günther Ludovici, Johann Samuel Tepler (1732). Specimen log. syllogismorum genesin exponens [the Genesis of syllogisms]. Langenhemius.
- Carl Günther Ludovici, Wolfgang Heinrich Winckler (1733). Disp. de ritu, osculis explorandi Romanarum mulierum abstinentiam a vino, lege Romuli sancitam.
- Carl Günther Ludovici, Heinrich Brühl (Graf von) (1737–1738). Ausführlicher Entwurff einer vollständigen Historie der Leibnitzischen Philosophie zum Gebrauch seiner Zuhörer [History of the Leibnitz philosophy]. Verlegts Johann Georg Löwe.
- Carl Günther Ludovici (1738). Sammlung und Auszüge der sämmtlichen Streitschrifften wegen der Wolffischen Philosophie zur Erläuterung der bestrittenen Leibnitzischen und Wolffischen Lehrsätze [Explanation of Leibnizian and Wolffian theorems]. Bornischer Buchladen.
- Carl Günther Ludovici (1738). Neueste Merckwurdigkeiten der leibnitz-wolffischen Weltweisheit [the Leibnizian-Wolffian philosophy].
- Carl Günther Ludovici, ed. (1739–1754). Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon Aller Wissenschafften und Künste [Great Complete Universal Lexicon of Science and Art]. Vol. 19–64. Zedler.
- Jacques Savary des Brûlons. Carl Günther Ludovici (ed.). Allgemeine Schatz-Kammer Der Kauffmannschafft Oder Vollständiges Lexicon Aller Handlungen und Gewerbe So wohl in Deutschland als auswärtigen Königreichen und Ländern [General Treasure Chamber, the Merchants Complete Commercial Lexicon of Germany and foreign countries]. Heinsius, 1741-1743.
- Carl Günther Ludovici (1752–1756). Eröffnete Akademie der Kaufleute, oder vollständiges Kaufmanns-Lexicon [Open Academy of merchants, or total merchant Lexicon]. Johann Samuel Heinsius.
- Carl Günther Ludovici (1756). Grundriss eines vollständigen Kaufmanns-Systems, nebst den Anfangsgründen der Handlungswissenschaft, und angehängter kurzen Geschichte der Handlung zu Wasser und zu Lande [Layout of a full system of commerce, together with the rudiments of the science of commerce, and an attached short history of commerce on water and on land]. B.C. Breitkopf.
- Carl Günther Ludovici (1761). Regulae probabilitatis historicae gradus recte determinandi [Of the Rule of historical probability]. Breitkopf.
- Carl Günther Ludovici (1764). De perfectionibus sermonis aestheticis indeque deductis regulis SS. hermeneuticis nonnulla [On the Perfection of Esthetics of speech].
References
- ^ a b c d Jutta Nowosadtko. "Carl Günther Ludovici" (in German). Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ISBN 3-7965-2013-8.
- ^ Jürgen Beyer (2010). "Vad är en bra ö? Gotland i ett tyskt köpmannalexikon från 1700-talet". Haimdagar: 36f.
Further reading
- Peter Koch (1987). "Ludovici, Carl Günther". Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Vol. 15. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 305.
- "Ludovici, (Carl Günther)". Grosse Universal-Lexicon. Vol. 18. Zedler. 1738.
- "Works of Ludovici". KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-01-22.