Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld

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German philosopher

Places

Germany

was

Religious scholar Philosopher Theologian Educator

Work field

Academia Religion Philosophy

Gender

Male

Birth

1 January 1605 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Siegen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia

Death

16 February 1655 People who died on this day

Age

50 years

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Biography

Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld (1605 – 16 February 1655) was a German philosopher, logician and encyclopedic writer from Siegen. A follower of Ramus and pupil of Johann Heinrich Alsted at the Herborn Academy (Academia Nassauensis), Bisterfeld became head of the academy in Weissenburg (Alba Iulia) in Transylvania, where he died.

Works

Philosophiae primae seminarium, 1652 ( second edition: Lugduni Batavorum, 1657).
Elementorum logicorum libri tres, Lugduni Batavorum, 1657.
Bisterfeldius redivivus, Hagae-Comitum, 1661, appeared posthumously in two volumes, the first being Alphabeti philosophici libri tres, on universal language and the second Logica disputandi; this work is considered an influence on Leibniz.

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