Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and author (died 1819)

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

German philosopher, literary figure, and socialite (1743–1819)

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi was a German philosopher, writer and socialite. He is best known for popularizing the concept of nihilism. He promoted the idea that it is the necessary result of Enlightenment thought and the philosophical systems of Baruch Spinoza, Immanuel Kant,…