2 Quotes & Sayings By Hans Denck
Hans Denck was a German writer, journalist and philosopher. He was born in Nuremberg. His father, who was a Lutheran minister, died when he was nine years old. He attended the Gymnasium (high school) in Nuremberg and later studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, where he received his doctorate in 1680 and the title of "Dr
med." (M.D.). In 1789 he moved to Strasbourg and became a professor of natural sciences and philosophy at the Collegium Carolinum (Carolinum College). In 1798 he returned to Nuremberg as a pastor at St.
Gertrud's church. In 1809 he joined the army as a volunteer against Napoleon's troops and served as a general's physician until 1812, when he retired from military service after being injured during battle. In 1815 he came back to Nuremberg as an official of the city council.
He wrote numerous books on theology, history, science, literature and language including Klugerbuch des Deutschen Volkes (1790), Geschichte der Philosophie im XVIII Jahrhundert insbesondere ihre Entwicklung nach den Quellen des Alterthums (1791), Von den Grenzen der menschlichen Erkenntnis insbesondere ihre Entwicklung durch das Volksthum und die Gelehrten des Alterthums (1801), Reise durch das Deutsche Reich von 1796 bis 1803, ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Zeitgeschichte im XIX Jahr. des Jahrhunderts (1803), Histoire de l'art chrétien depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours (1816), Versuch einer allgemeinen Geschichte der Menschheit nach allen Erdtheilen hin einschließlich Amerika und Australien sowie die Bewohner dieser Länder (1820), Anweisung zum Lesen und Schreiben nebst Einführung in die ganze Körper- und Geisteswissenschaft für Kinder und Jugendliche (1820), Das Leben Christ