JOHANN See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

AUGUSTUS See also:

• EBERHARD
• EBERHARD, CHRISTIAN AUGUST GOTTLOB (1769-1845)
• JOHANN AUGUSTUS EBERHARD (1739-1809)

EBERHARD (1739-1809)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German theologian and philosopher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HALBERSTADT

Halberstadt in See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was singing-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master at the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin's, and teacher of the school of the same name . He studied See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology at the university of See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, and became See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to the eldest son of the See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron von der See also:

• HORST

Horst, to whose See also:

• FAMILY

family he attached himself for a number of years . In 1763 he was appointed See also:

• CON

con-See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of the school of St Martin's, and second preacher in the See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital church of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

Ghost; but he soonafterwards resigned these offices and followed his See also:

• PATRON

patron to See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . There he met See also:

• NICOLAI, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH (1733-1811)

Nicolai and See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses Mendelssohn, with whom he formed a dose friendship . In 1768 he became preacher or See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain to the workhouse at Berlin and the neighbouring fishing See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Stralow . Here he wrote his Neue Apologie See also:

• DES

des See also:

• SOCRATES

Socrates (1772), a See also:

• WORK

work occasioned by an attack on the fifteenth See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter of See also:

• MARMONTEL, JEAN FRANCOIS (1723-1799)

Marmontel's See also:

• BELISARIUS (c. 505–565)

Belisarius made by See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Hofstede, a clergyman of See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam, who maintained the patristic view that the virtues of the noblest pagans were only splendida peccata . See also:

• EBERHARD
• EBERHARD, CHRISTIAN AUGUST GOTTLOB (1769-1845)
• EBERHARD, JOHANN AUGUSTUS (1739-1809)

Eberhard stated the arguments for the broader view with dignity, acuteness and learning, but the liberality of the reasoning gave See also:

• GREAT

great offence to the strictly orthodox divines, and is believed to have obstructed his preferment in the church . In 1774 he was appointed to the living of See also:

• CHARLOTTENBURG

Charlottenburg . A second See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his Apologie appeared in 1778 . In this he not only endeavoured to obviate some objections which were taken to the former See also:

• PART

part, but continued his inquiries into the doctrines of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, religious See also:

• TOLERATION (from Lat. tolerare, to endure)

toleration and the proper rules for interpreting the Scriptures . In 1778 he accepted the professorship of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at Halle . As an academical teacher, however, he was unsuccessful .

His See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers as an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original thinker were not equal to his learning and his See also:

• LITERARY

literary gifts, as was shown in his opposition to the philosophy of See also:

• KANT, IMMANUEL (1724-1804)

Kant . In 1786 he was admitted a member of the Berlin See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences; in 18o5 the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia conferred upon him the honorary See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of a privy-councillor . In 18o8 he obtained the degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor in divinity, which was given him as a See also:

• REWARD

reward for his theological writings . He died on the 6th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1809 . He was master of the learned See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, spoke and wrote See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French with facility and correctness, and understood See also:

• ENGLISH

English, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian and Dutch . He possessed a just and discriminating See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for the See also:

• FINE

fine arts, and was a great See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover of See also:

• MUSIC

music . See also:

• WORKS

Works :—Neue Apologie des Socrates, &c . (2 vols., 1772-1778); Allgemeine Theorie des Denkens and Empfindens, &c . (Berlin, 1776), an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay which gained the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize assigned by the Royal Society of Berlin for that See also:

• YEAR

year; Von dem Begriff der Philosophic and ihren Theilen (Berlin, 1778)—a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short essay, in which he announced the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of his lectures on being appointed to the professorship at Halle; Lobschrift auf Herrn Johann Thunmann Prof. der Weltweisheit and Beredsamkeit auf der Universitat zu Halle (Halle, 1779) ; Amyntor, eine Geschichte in Briefen (Berlin, 1782)—written with the view of counteracting the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of those sceptical and Epicurean principles in religion and morals then so prevalent in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and rapidly spreading amongst the higher ranks in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany; Uber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Zeichen der Aufklarung einer Nation, &c . (Halle, 1783) ; Theorie der schonen Kiinste and Wissenschaften, &c . (Halle, 1783, 3rd ed . 1790) ; Vermischte Schri{ten (Halle, 1784) ; Neue vermischte Schrifien (ib .

1786) ; Allgemeine Geschichte der Philosophic, &c . (Halle, 1788), and ed. with a continuation and See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological tables (1796); Versuch einer allgemeinen-deutschen Synonymik (Halle and See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1795-1802, 6 vols., 4th ed . 1852–1853), See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long reckoned the best work on the synonyms of the German See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language (an abridgment of it was published by the author in one large volume, Halle, 1802) ; Handbuch der Aesthetik (Halle, 1803-1805, and ed . 1807-1820) . He also edited the Philosophisches Magazin (1788-1792) and the Philosophisches Archiv (1792-1795) . See F . Nicolai,Gedachtnisschrift auf J.A.Eberhard (Berlin and See also:

• STETTIN

Stettin, 181o) ; also K . H . JOrdens, See also:

• LEXICON

Lexicon deutscher Dichter and Prosaisten .