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Jakob Frohschammer

German priest and philosopher
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Jan. 6, 1821, Illkofen, Bavaria [Germany]
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June 14, 1893, Bad Kreuth (aged 72)
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Jakob Frohschammer (born Jan. 6, 1821, Illkofen, Bavaria [Germany]—died June 14, 1893, Bad Kreuth) was a Roman Catholic priest, prolific writer, and philosopher who was excommunicated for claiming that philosophy and church authority are autonomous. Ordained in 1847, Frohschammer lectured in philosophy from 1850 at the University of Munich (professor from 1855), where he began publishing his first important and controversial works, Über den Ursprung der menschlichen Seelen: Rechtfertigung des Generationismus (1854; “On the Origin of Human Souls: Justification for Generationism”) and Menschseele und Physiologie (1855; “Human Souls and Physiology”). They were placed on the church’s Index of Forbidden Books ...(100 of 268 words)

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