Georg Gustav Fülleborn (2 March 1769 – 6 February 1803) was a German

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

and miscellaneous writer.

Biography

Fülleborn was born at Glogau,

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. He studied

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

at the

University of Halle Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public research university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. MLU offers German and i ...

, where he was introduced to

classical philology Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, ...

Friedrich August Wolf Friedrich August Wolf (; ; 15 February 1759 – 8 August 1824) was a German classicist who is considered the founder of classical and modern philology. Biography Wolf was born in Hainrode, near Nordhausen. His father was the village scho ...

. He received his

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in recognition of the thesis "''De Xenophane, Zenone et Gorgia''". He took diaconal orders in 1791, but almost immediately became a professor of classical languages at the Elisabeth-Gymnasium in Breslau. He died from a heart attack at the age of 33 in Breslau.ADB:Fülleborn, Georg Gustav
ADB:Fülleborn, Georg Gustav His philosophical works include annotations to

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's translation of the "''

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''" of

Aristotle Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, a ...

(1799–1800), and a large share of the "''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie''" (published in twelve parts between 1791 and 1799), in which he collaborated with

Friedrich Karl Forberg Friedrich Karl Forberg (30 August 1770, Meuselwitz – 1 January 1848, Hildburghausen) was a German philosopher and classical scholar. Biography Born in 1770 in Thuringia, Forberg studied under Karl Leonhard Reinhold at Jena. In 1791 he tra ...

Karl Leonhard Reinhold Karl Leonhard Reinhold (; ; 26 October 1757 – 10 April 1823) was an Austrian philosopher who helped to popularise the work of Immanuel Kant in the late 18th century. His "elementary philosophy" (''Elementarphilosophie'') also influenced German ...

Friedrich August Carus Friedrich August Carus (26 April 1770, Bautzen – 6 February 1807, Leipzig) was a German philosopher. He was the father of surgeon Ernst August Carus (1797–1854). From 1788 to 1793 he studied philosophy and theology at the universities of L ...

and

Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer Friedrich Philipp Immanuel Niethammer (6 March 1766 – 1 April 1848), later Ritter von Niethammer, was a German theologian, philosopher and Lutheran educational reformer. Biography He received instruction at the Maulbronn monastery, and in 17 ...

. In philology he wrote: *''Encyclopaedia philologica sive primae lineae Isagoges in antiquorum studia'' (1798; 2nd edition, 1805) *''Kurze Theorie des lateinischen Stils'' (1793). *''Leitfaden der Rhetorik'' (1802). *

Persius Aulus Persius Flaccus (; 4 December 3424 November 62 AD) was a Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satire, he shows a Stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for what he considered to be the stylistic abuses of his ...

, ''Satires'' (annotated), editor. Under the pseudonym "Edelwald Justus" he published several collections of popular tales:Fülleborn, Georg Gustav
at Neue Deutsche Biographie *''Bunte Blätter'' (1795). *''

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zur Unterhaltung'' (1798). *''Nebenstunden'' (1799). After his death were published: *''Taschenbuch für Brunnengäste'' (1806). *''Kanzelreden'' (1807). He was a frequent contributor to the press, where his writings were very popular.

References

* This work in turn cites: **Johann Gottlieb Schummel, ''Gedächtnisrede'' (1803). **Johann Gottlieb Schummel, ''Garve und Fülleborn'' (1804). ** Johann Georg Meusel, ''Gelehrtes Teutschland'', vol. ii.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fulleborn, Georg Gustav 1769 births 1803 deaths German philologists 18th-century German philosophers German classical scholars People from Głogów People from the Province of Silesia University of Halle alumni 18th-century German male writers