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Johann Joachim Lange
German Protestant theologian (1670–1744) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johann Joachim Lange (26 October 1670 – 7 May 1744) was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher.[1]
Lange was born in Gardelegen and educated in Leipzig, Erfurt and Halle. He was influenced by Christian Thomasius and the pietist August Hermann Francke. He became a professor of theology at Halle in 1709, and opposed the philosophy of Christian Wolff.[2] He died in Halle on 7 May 1744.
Lange wrote the hymn O God, what offering shall I give?, translated into English by John Wesley in 1739.[3]
Lange's son, Samuel Gotthold Lange, was a noted poet.
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Works
- Medicina mentis, 1704
- Causa dei et religionis naturalis adversum atheismus, 1723
- Modesta Disqvisitio Novi Philosophiæ Systematis De Deo, Mvndo Et Homine, Et Præsertim De Harmonia Commercii Inter Animam Et Corpvs Præstabilita; Cvm Epicrisi In Viri Cvivsdam Clarissimi Commentationem; De Differentia Nexvs Rervm Sapientis Et Fatalis Necessitatis, Nec Non Systematis Harmoniæ ..., 1723
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