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Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten

1714 – 1762 · aged 48

German philosopher (b. 1714)

Born
17 Jul 1714 · Berlin
Died
27 May 1762 · Frankfurt (Oder)

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  1. 17 Jul 1714BornBorn in Berlin
  2. 27 May 1762DiedDied in Frankfurt (Oder)

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  1. 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
  2. c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution

Biography

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (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).

Text from the Wikipedia article Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, CC BY-SA 4.0

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