Franz Xaver Von Baader German Philosopher And Theologian Died 1841 - March 27 in History | This Day Story

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March 27, 1765

Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (died 1841)

Franz Xaver von Baader

Franz von Baader, born Benedikt Franz Xaver Baader, was a Catholic theologian, philosopher, and mining engineer from Germany. Resisting the empiricism of his day, he denounced most Western philosophy since Descartes as trending into atheism and has been considered a revival of the Scholastic school. He was an important theorist of androgyny.

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