Georg Friedrich Meier
German philosopher (1718–1777) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Georg Friedrich Meier (26 March 1718 – 21 June 1777) was a German philosopher and aesthetician.[1] A follower of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, he reformed the philosophy of Christian Wolff by introducing elements of John Locke's empiricist theory of knowledge.[2]
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Georg Friedrich Meier | |
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Born | (1718-03-26)26 March 1718 |
Died | 21 June 1777(1777-06-21) (aged 59) |
Education | University of Halle |
Era | 18th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Age of Enlightenment |
Institutions | University of Halle |
Academic advisors | A. G. Baumgarten |
Main interests | Aesthetics |
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