Georg Friedrich Meier

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German philosopher

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Germany

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Philosopher Educator

Work field

Academia Philosophy

Gender

Male

Birth

1 January 1718 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Ammendorf/Beesen, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Death

1 January 1777 People who died on this day

Age

59 years

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Biography

Georg Friedrich Meier (26 March 1718, Saxony-Anhalt – 21 June 1777, Giebichenstein) was a German philosopher and aesthetician. A follower of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Meier reformed the philosophy of Christian Wolff by introducing elements of John Locke's empiricist theory of knowledge.

Meier studied philosophy and theology at the University of Halle, where he was a pupil of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. Meier succeeded Baumgarten as extraordinary professor, and became a full professor at Halle in 1748.

Works

Gedancken von Schertzen, Halle 1744.
Anfangsgründe aller schönen Künste und Wissenschaften, Halle 1748–50 (3 voll.).
Vernunftlehre, Halle 1752.
Auszug aus der Vernunftlehre, Halle 1752 (reprinted in Kant's gesammelte Schriften Akademie Ausgabe, XVI, pp. 1–872 with the annotations by Kant).
Metaphysik, Halle vol. 1 (1755), vol. 2 (1756), vol. 3 (1757), vol. 4 (1759).
Versuch einer allgemeinen Auslegungskunst, Halle 1757.
Philosophische Sittenlehre Halle 1753-1761 (5 voll.).
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten Leben, Halle 1763.
Beyträge zu der Lehre von den Vorurtheilen,Halle 1766.
Betrachtungen über die Schranken der menschlichen Erkenntniss', Halle 1775.