Jacob Freudenthal was a German

Germany

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 philosopher.

Freudenthal received his education at the universities of Breslau and Göttingen

Göttingen

Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...

, and at the rabbinical seminary of Breslau

Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau

Das Jüdisch-Theologische Seminar , The Jewish Theological Seminary of BreslauInstitution in Breslau for the training of rabbis, founded under the will of Jonas Fränckel, and opened in 1854...

. After graduating from the University of Göttingen (1863) he became teacher of the Samson

Samson

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 school in Wolfenbüttel

Wolfenbüttel

Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, located on the Oker river about 13 kilometres south of Brunswick. It is the seat of the District of Wolfenbüttel and of the bishop of the Protestant Lutheran State Church of Brunswick...

 (1863–64), whence be removed to Breslau as teacher in the rabbinical seminary there, a position which he resigned in 1888. In 1875 he became lecturer in philosophy at the University of Breslau; in 1878 he was elected assistant professor, in 1888 professor, of philosophy

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. He was a member of the senate of the university in 1894-96, and dean of the philosophical faculty in 1898-99. The Prussian Academy of Science sent him to England

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 in 1888 to study English philosophy, and in 1898 to the Netherlands

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 to research the life of Spinoza.

The results of these voyages were his "Beiträge zur Englischen Philosophie", in the "Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie" (iv. 450 et seq., v. 1 et seq.), and "Die Lebensgeschichte Spinoza's", Leipzig

Leipzig

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, 1899.

He contributed various essays to the publications of the Prussian Academy of Science, such as:

• to the "Rheinische Museum",
• to the "Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie",
• to "Hermes",
• to the "J. Q. R.",
• to Monatsschrift Allg. Zeit. des Judenthums"

He also published:

• "Ueber den Begriff der Φαντασία bei Aristoteles" (1863);
• "Die Flavius Josephus Beigelegte Sehrift über die Herrschaft der Vernunft", 1869;
• "Hellenistische Studien" (1875–79);
• "Ueber die Theologie des Xenophanes" (1886)