Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
German philosopher (b. 1714)
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Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten was an 18th-century German philosopher who made significant contributions to how Western thought understood beauty and aesthetic experience. He is particularly important because he essentially invented the modern field of aesthetics as a philosophical discipline, establishing ideas and frameworks that continue to shape how we think about art and beauty today.
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- Born
- 1714
- Died
- 1762
- Works
- 38
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- Aesthetica
- Metaphysica Alexandri Gottlieb Baumgarten ...
- Meditationes philosophicae de nonnullis ad poema pertinentibus, quas eruditorum diiudicationi submittit Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, respondente Nathanaele Baumgarten
- Acroasis logica, aucta et in systema redacta a J.G. Toellnero
- Praelectiones theologiae dogmaticae
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (/ˈbaʊmɡɑːrtən/; German: [ˈbaʊmˌgaʁtn̩]; 17 July 1714 – 27 May 1762) was a German philosopher. He established aesthetics as a philosophical discipline.
He was the brother of the theologian Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten (1706–1757).
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1714 births1762 deaths18th-century German male writers18th-century German philosophers18th-century ProtestantsAcademic staff of European University ViadrinaAcademic staff of the University of HalleGerman philosophers of artPeople from the Margraviate of BrandenburgUniversity of Halle alumniUniversity of Jena alumniWriters from Berlin
