Anton Wilhelm Amo

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Anton Wilhelm Amo
Drawing of Anton Wilhelm Amo
Born	c. 1703 Axim, Ghana
Died	c. 1759(1759-00-00) (aged 55–56)
Other names	Antonius Guilielmus Amo Afer Anthony William Amo
Academic background
Education	University of Helmstedt University of Halle University of Wittenberg
Thesis	Disputatio Philosophica continens Ideam Distinctam Eorum quae competunt vel menti vel corpori nostro vivo et organico (1734)
Academic advisors	Samuel Christian Hollmann Martin Gotthelf Löscher
Influences	Descartes Locke Wolff
Academic work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
School or tradition	Western philosophy, rationalism
Institutions	University of Halle University of Jena
Doctoral students	Johannes Theodosius Meiner
Main interests	Philosophy of mind
Notable ideas	Critique of Descartes' philosophy of mind[1]

Anton Wilhelm Amo or Anthony William Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759) was a Nzema philosopher from Axim, Dutch Gold Coast (now Ghana). Amo was a professor at the universities of Halle and Jena in Germany after studying there. He was brought to Germany by the Dutch West India Company in 1707 and was presented as a gift to Dukes Augustus William and Ludwig Rudolf of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,^[2] being treated as a member of the family by their father Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. In 2020, Oxford University Press published a translation (into English) of his Latin works from the early 1730s.^[3]