Georg Bernhard Bilfinger
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Georg Bernhard Bilfinger
Georg Bernhard Bilfinger (23 January 1693 – 18 February 1750),
Lutheran
minister.
Life
He was born at
Cannstatt in the Duchy of Württemberg.[1]
As a boy he showed great aptitude for study, and at first devoted himself to
Gottfried Leibniz. Returning to theology, he attempted to connect it with philosophy in a treatise, Dilucidationes philosophicae, de deo, anima humana, mundo (Tübingen, 1725, 1746, 1768). This work contains nothing original but giving a clear representation of Wolff's philosophy. It met with great success, and the author was appointed to the office of preacher at the castle of Tübingen and of reader in the school of theology.[1]
In 1721, after two years study under Wolff, he became professor of philosophy at
In 1735, largely on account of his knowledge of military engineering,
privy councillor, but his hands were tied owing to the frivolous atmosphere of the court. On the death of the duke, however, he became a member of the Regency Council, and devoted himself with energy and success to the reorganization of the state. In the departments of education, state-religion, agriculture and commerce, his administration was uniformly successful, and he became in a real sense the head of the state. He died at Stuttgart.[1]
After his return from
Frederick II of Prussia is recorded to have said of him, "He was a great man whom I shall ever remember with admiration."[1]
Beside the Dilucidationes, he wrote De harmonia animi et corporis humani commentatio (Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1735; Tübingen, 1741); De origine et permissione mali (1724), an account of the Leibnitzian theodicy.[1]
References
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bilfinger, Georg Bernhard". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 931–932.
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