Jacob Friedrich von Abel
Jacob Friedrich von Abel (9 May 1751 – 7 July 1829) was a German
philosopher.[1] His main interest was the human soul and in trying to find a proof for its immortality
.
Born in
Schiller's teachers and a good friend (becoming the dedicatee of his second play, Fiesco
).
In 1790 he was appointed professor of philosophy and headmaster of the Contubernium in
Oehringen and member of the executive authority of the Evangelic Church in Württemberg. In 1823 von Abel became general superintendent in Bad Urach and Reutlingen, and lived in Stuttgart. He died on a leisure excursion in Schorndorf
.
Jacob Friedrich von Abel was also a member of the
Illuminatenorden, known as Pythagoras Abderites.[6]
Publications
- Einleitung in die Seelenlehre (1786)
- Ausführliche Darstellung des Grundes unserez Glaubens an Unsterblichkeit (1826)
- Sammlung und Erklärung merkwürdiger Erscheinungen aus dem menschlichen Leben (1784–1790, 3 volumes)
The latter contains in its second volume a story on which Schiller's Verbrecher aus Infamie, eine wahre Geschichte is based.
Sources
- ^ Jacob Friedrich Abel: Karlsschul-Schriften. Eine ...
- ^ Secret Societies and Weimar Classicism Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine - scholarly essay discusses "Stuttgart professor Jacob Friedrich Abel, who was also an Illuminati member"
- ^ A Metaprogrammer at the Door of Chapel Perilous
- ^ Alexandra Birkert: "Hegels Schwester", Stuttgart 2008, p.43ff
- ISBN 9780521003872.
- ^ Hermann Schlüttler: "Die Mitglieder des Illuminatenordens 1776-1789/92", München 1991, p.14
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie — online version
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