Thomas Thorild

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Thomas Thorild
Philosopher, writer

Thomas Thorild (

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He was born in

in Germany.

Thorild was a supporter of the Sturm und Drang movement and considered an opponent of French-inspired classicism. In 1795 he became a professor and librarian at the University of Greifswald.

He was an important member of the cultural elite in Stockholm during the

. He was popular among women because of his beauty and because of his ideas of gender equality; he aroused much attention with his idea, that just as a man was seen as a person first, and as a man (a gender and sexual object) second, a woman, who was seen as a gender and sexual object first and as a person second, should have the right to be seen upon the same way: "Just as foolish as it is to regard a woman only in the capacity of a SHE, it would be to regard a man only in the capacity of a HE".

In Uppsala University's main building from 1887 is Thorild cited above the entrance to the auditorium:

"Thinking freely is great

But thinking right is greater"

Thorildsplan in Stockholm is named after him.

Works

English language

• The sermon of sermons on the impiety of priests and the fall of religion." 1789
• True heavenly religion restored and demonstrated upon eternal principles : With a call to Christians of higher sense. 1790

References

• Herman Lindqvist, Historien om Sverige. Gustavs dagar (The History of Sweden. The days of Gustav III)
• Mortensen, B.M.E. (1953), "Thorild, Thomas", in Steinberg, Sigfrid H. (ed.), Cassell's Encyclopedia of World Literature, London: Cassell,
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