biography
| name: |
Baumgarten, Alexander Gottlieb
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pronunciation:
[bowmgah(r)tn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1714–62)
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| biography:
| Philosopher of the school of Christian von Wolff, born in Berlin, Germany. In 1740 he became professor of philosophy at Frankfurt-an-der-Oder. His main works were Metaphysica (1739) and Aesthetica (1750–58), a long unfinished treatise which pioneered this field and helped establish the modern term aesthetics. |
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