Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
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Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (/ˈbaʊmɡɑːrtən/; German: [ˈbaʊmˌgaʁtn̩]; 17 July 1714 – 27 May[3] 1762) was a German philosopher. He was a brother to theologian Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten (1706–1757).
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Born | 17 July 1714 |
Died | 27 May 1762(1762-05-27) (aged 47) |
Education | University of Halle University of Jena (no degree) |
Era | 18th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Age of Enlightenment |
Institutions | University of Halle Alma Mater Viadrina |
Academic advisors | Christian Wolff Johann Peter Reusch [de] |
Notable students | Georg Friedrich Meier |
Main interests | Aesthetics |
Notable ideas | Aesthetics as the perfection of sensuous cognition[1][2] |
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