Jacob Moleschott

Jacob Moleschott
The motto below Des volkes sebstwaltung ist seine zauberkraft wehe dem der daran ruhret [The people's self-government is its magic power, woe to him who touches it]
Born
Jacobus Albertus Willebrordus Moleschott

9 August 1822 (1822-08-09)
Died20 May 1893 (1893-05-21) (aged 70)
NationalityDutch
EducationHeidelberg University
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolGerman materialism[1]
InstitutionsHeidelberg University
University of Zürich
University of Turin
University of Rome
Main interests
Philosophy of science
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Jacob Moleschott (/ˈmləʃɒt/; Dutch: [ˈmoːləsxɔt]; 9 August 1822 – 20 May 1893) was a Dutch physiologist and writer on nutrition and dietetics. He was known for his philosophical and political positions in regard to scientific materialism and against vitalism. He saw a need for scientists to engage in political thinking. He was a member of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (since 1884). Although born in the Netherlands, he studied in Germany and later wrote extensively in Italian, especially on "scienza positiva".

  1. ^ Owen Chadwick, The Secularization of the European Mind in the Nineteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. 165: "During the 1850s German ... scientists conducted a controversy known ... as the materialistic controversy. It was specially associated with the names of Vogt, Moleschott and Büchner" and p. 173: "Frenchmen were surprised to see Büchner and Vogt. ... [T]he French were surprised at German materialism".
  2. ^ John Powell, Derek W. Blakeley, Tessa Powell (eds.), Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001, "Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich (1849–1936)."
  3. ^ Van Raak, Ronald. "'Eer de vergeten filosoof Jacob Moleschott'". Filosofie Magazine. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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