Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
Born17 July 1714
Berlin, Brandenburg
Died27 May 1762(1762-05-27) (aged 47)
Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg
EducationUniversity of Halle
University of Jena (no degree)
Era18th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAge of Enlightenment
InstitutionsUniversity of Halle
Alma Mater Viadrina
Academic advisorsChristian Wolff
Johann Peter Reusch [de]
Notable studentsGeorg Friedrich Meier
Main interests
Aesthetics
Notable ideas
Aesthetics as the perfection of sensuous cognition[1][2]

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).

  1. ^ Alexander Baumgarten, Aesthetica, 1750, §1: "Aesthetices finis est perfectio cognitionis sensitivae".
  2. ^ Steven Nadler (ed.), A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy, John Wiley & Sons, 2008, p. 622.
  3. ^ Jan Lekschas, The Baumgarten Family Archived 2019-01-24 at the Wayback Machine