Bernhard Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano (October 5, 1781(1781-10-05) – December 18, 1848), Bernard Bolzano in English, was a Bohemian mathematician, theologian, philosopher, logician and antimilitarist of German mother tongue.
Bolzano was the son of two pious Catholics. His father, Bernard Pompeius Bolzano, was born in northern Italy and moved to Prague, where he married Maria Cecelia Maurer, the (German-speaking) daughter of a Prague merchant. ...
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Bernhard Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano (October 5, 1781(1781-10-05) – December 18, 1848), Bernard Bolzano in English, was a Bohemian mathematician, theologian, philosopher, logician and antimilitarist of German mother tongue.
Bolzano was the son of two pious Catholics. His father, Bernard Pompeius Bolzano, was born in northern Italy and moved to Prague, where he married Maria Cecelia Maurer, the (German-speaking) daughter of a Prague merchant. Only two of their twelve children lived to adulthood.
Bolzano entered the University of Prague in 1796 and studied mathematics, philosophy and physics. Starting in 1800, he also began studying theology, becoming a Catholic priest in 1804. He was appointed to the then newly created chair of philosophy of religion in 1805. He proved to be a popular lecturer not just in religion but also philosophy, and was elected head of the philosophy department in 1818. Bolzano alienated many faculty and church leaders with his teachings of the social waste...
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