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List: Sample Lecture Catalog

The following is a list of the courses offered during winter semester 1781/82, as printed in Goldbeck [1782, 90-98] and checked against Oberhausen/Pozzo [1999], with textbook bibliographical information coming from the latter. This is the same information as appeared in the official Vorlesungverzeichnis printed by the university each semester, and more or less in this order, although in Latin (and without separate lists of staff or textbooks). While only one semester, this list gives some sense of the range and number of course offerings at the university. (Most of the professors, and some of the textbook authors, will have biographical entries on this website.)

G. C. Reccard, the 2nd Full Professor of Theology, served as rector during WS 1781/82, and the four faculty deans were J. E. Schulz (Theology), G. F. Holtzhauer (Law), J. D. Metzger (Medicine), and Kant (Philosophy).

The titles of those courses given publicly (free of charge to students, and for which the professors were salaried) are printed here in red. The listings were always grouped by faculty in the following order: Theology, Law, Medicine, Philosophy. Beginning with WS 1770/71, the Philosophy listings were grouped into Philological, Historical, Mathematical, and Philosophical courses, and they also included the offerings of lecturers (Privatdozenten); before that semester, only the lectures of full (ordentliche) and associate (außerordentliche) professors were listed.

[top] I. THEOLOGY [LAW] [MEDICINE] [PHILOSOPHY]
Professor	Course	Textbook	Hour
T. C. Lilienthal	Dogmatic, pt. 1	Heilmann	8-9
G. C. Reccard	Dogmatic, pt. 2	Heilmann	9-10
T. C. Lilienthal	Commentary on the religious history in Kings and Chronicles	-	2-3
J. E. Schulz	Exegesis of some of the minor Pauline letters	-	3-4
G. C. Pisanski	Exegesis of the Beweissprüche of the N.T.	-	-
J. E. Schulz	Theological Ethics	Töllner	4-5
G. C. Pisanski	Christian Apologetics	Turretin	(2 hrs.)
G. C. Pisanski	Church History	Mosheim	2-3
G. C. Reccard	Pastoral Theology	Töllner	10-11
F. S. Bock	Advanced Theology Examinatorium, in Latin	-	Sat, 10-12
F. S. Bock	(same as above)	-	3-4

Staff:

Theodor Christoph Lilienthal [bio] (1st Professor)

Gotthilf Christian Reccard [bio] (2nd Professor)

Johann Ernst Schulz [bio] (3rd Professor)

Friedrich Samuel Bock [bio] (lecturer in theology; full professor of Greek)

Georg Christoph Pisanski [bio] (lecturer in theology and philosophy)

Textbooks:

Heilmann, Johann David, Compendium theologicae dogmaticae (Göttingen, 1761).

Mosheim, Johann Lorenz von, Institutionum historiae ecclesiasticae antiquae ut recentioris libri quattuor (Helmstedt, 1755).

Töllner, Johann Gottlieb, Grundriß einer erwiesenen Pastoraltheologie (Frankfurt/Oder, 1767).

Turretin, Johann Alphons, De veritate et divinatione religionis christianae (Zürich, 1777).

[top] II. LAW [THEOLOGY] [MEDICINE] [PHILOSOPHY]
Professor	Course	Textbook	Hour
W. B. Jester	Die römischen Institutionen	Hoffacker	8-9[1]
G. F. Holtzhauer	Die römischen Institutionen	Madihn	8-9
C. R. Braun	Die Pandekten	Hellfeld	3-4
G. F. Holtzhauer	Die Pandekten	Hellfeld	10-12
W. B. Jester	Canon Law	Böhmer	11-12
G. F. Holtzhauer	Canon Law	Böhmer	9-10
W. B. Jester	Das Lehnrecht	Böhmer	10-11
G. F. Holzhauer	Das Lehnrecht	Böhmer	2-3
W. B. Jester	Das Wechselrecht/Seerecht	Heineccius/Wedderkop	-
W. B. Jester	Das weltliche Privatrecht...	-	-
W. B. Jester	Das positive Privatrecht	-	-
C. R. Braun	Natural Law	Achenwall	3-4
C. R. Braun	Practical Lectures on the Prozessordnung des neuen Corporis Juris Fridericiani	-	9-11
C. R. Braun	Theoretical and Practical Repetitorium	-	-
G. F. Holtzhauer	Repetitorium on the Insitutions and Pandekten	-	-

[1] “Along with a public Repetitorio over this.”

Staff:

Wilhelm Bernhard Jester [bio] (1st Professor)

Christian Renatus Braun [bio] (2nd Professor)

George Friedrich Holtzhauer [bio] (3rd Professor)

Textbooks:

Achenwall, Gottfried, Jus naturae, 2nd ed. (Göttingen, 1753).

Böhmer, Georg Ludwig, Principia juris canonici (Göttingen, 1762).

Böhmer, Justus Henning, Jus ecclesiasticum protestantium (Halle, 1714-39).

Hellfeld, Johann August, Jurisprudentia forensis secundum Pandectarum ordinem (Jena, 1764).

Heineccius, Johann Gotlieb, Elementa institutionum iuris civilis et cambialis (Amsterdam, 1742).

Hoffacker, Karl Christoph, Institutiones iuris romani (Göttingen, 1773).

Madihn,Georg Samuel, Institutiones juris civilis (Halle, 1764).

Wedderkop, Henning, Introductio in ius nauticum (Flensburg, 1757).

[top] III. MEDICINE [THEOLOGY] [LAW] [PHILOSOPHY]
Professor	Course	Textbook	Hour
J. C. Bohl	Circulation of the Blood	Boerhave	-
J. D. Metzger	Human Anatomy[1]	-	10-11
A. J. Orlovius	Pathology, in Latin	Boerhave	9-10
J. D. Metzger	New Surgical Theory	Plenck	-
A. J. Orlovius	Chemistry	Vogel	4-5
K. G. Hagen	Theoretical Chemistry	Bergmann	-
K. G. Hagen	Natural History of Mammals	-	-
J. D. Metzger	Midwifery	-	-
J. D. Metzger	Clinical Lectures	-	-
J. D. Metzger	Readings in Latin from the First Book of Celsius	Celsius	Sat, 10-11
A. J. Orlovius	Examinatorium on Dietics, in Latin	-	-
A. J. Orlovius	Disputatorium	-	Sat, 9-10

[1] “Public as well as private.”

Staff:

Johann Christoph Bohl [bio] (1st Professor)

Andreas Johann Orlovius [bio] (2nd Professor)

Johann Daniel Metzger [bio] (3rd Professor)

Karl Gottfried Hagen [bio] (Associate Professor)

Textbooks:

Bergman, Torbern Olof, Anleitung zu Vorlesungen über die Beschaffenheit und den Nutzen der Chemie (Stocholm and Leipzig, 1770).

Boerhaave, Herman, Institutiones medicae (Leiden, 1708).

Celsius, Aulus Cornelius, De medicina.

Plenck, Joseph Jakob, Compendium institutionum chirurgicarum (Vienna, 1776).

Vogel, Rudolph Augustin, Institutiones chemiae (Göttingen, 1755).

[top] IV. PHILOSOPHY [THEOLOGY] [LAW] [MEDICINE]
(1) Philological (2) Historical (3) Mathematical (4) Philosophical [top]
Professor	Course	Textbook	Hour
J. G. Kreutzfeld	On the German Language	Adelung	9-10 (2 hrs)
J. F. Werner	German Style (privatissime)	-	2 hrs.
J. F. Werner	Latin and German Style (privatissime)	-	8 hrs.
G. C. Pisanski	Practical Course on Latin Style	-	10-11
J. B. Hahn	Latin Literature	-	10-11
J. G. Kreutzfeld	Latin Exercises, written and oral	-	2 hrs.
J. F. Werner	On Suetonius’s Life of Julius Caesar...	Suetonius	9-10
A. W. Wlochatius	Latin Literature	Cicero	6-7 AM[1]
J. G. Kreutzfeld	Critical/Archeological Commentary	Ovid	4-5
F. S. Bock	Translating the Gospel of Matthew (etc.)	-	2-3
J. B. Köhler	On Ajax and Philoctet (Sophocles) and Plutus (Aristophanes)	-	11-12
A. W. Wlochatius	Greek (Homer and Xenophon)		-
J. B. Hahn	Foundations of the Greek Language	-	-
F. S. Bock	The Best of Ancient Greek	-	3-4
J. B. Köhler	Translating Genesis and Exodus	-	9-10
J. B. Köhler	Commentary on the Psalms...	-	8-9
A. Halter	Foundations of the Hebrew Language	-	-

[1] This class was intended for the scholarship students (königliche Alumnen [glossary]).

Staff:

Friedrich Samuel Bock [bio] (Full Professor of Greek)

Johann Bernhard Köhler [bio] (Full Professor of Oriental Languages)

Johann Gottlieb Kreutzfeld [bio] (Full Professor of Poetry)

Jakob Friedrich Werner [bio] (Full Professor of Rhetoric and History)

Johann Bernhard Hahn [bio] (Lecturer in philosophy)

Andreas Halter [bio] (Lecturer in philosophy)

Georg Christoph Pisanski [bio] (Lecturer in philosophy and theology)

August Wilhelm Wlochatius [bio] (Lecturer in philosophy)

Textbooks:

Adelung, Johann Christoph, Über den Ursprung der Sprache und den Bau der Wörter (Leipzig, 1781).

Ovid, Fasti.

Suetonius, De vita Caesarum.

(1) Philological (2) Historical (3) Mathematical (4) Philosophical [top]
J. F. Werner	General World History (privatissime)	Schröckh	2 hrs.
C. J. Kraus	General World History, up until the fall of Rome	Schlözer	10-11
C. J. Kraus	European History, from the Fall of Rome to the Present	Meusel	11-12
J. F. Werner	Statistics	Achenwall	-
C. J. Kraus	Statistics	-	9-10
G. C. Pisanski	History and Statistics	Achenwall	-
J. G. Kreutzfeld	Literary History	Heumann	11-12

Staff:

Christian Jakob Kraus [bio] (Full Professor of Practical Philosophy)

Johann Gottlieb Kreutzfeld [bio] (Full Professor of Poetry)

Jakob Friedrich Werner [bio] (Full Professor of Rhetoric and History)

Georg Christoph Pisanski [bio] (lecturer in philosophy and theology)

Textbooks:

Achenwall, Gottfried, Staatsverfassung der eurpäischen Reiche im Grundrisse, 2nd ed. (Göttingen, 1752).

Heumann, Christoph August, Conspectus reipublicae litterariae (Hannover, 1718).

Meusel, Johann Georg, Anleitung zur Kenntniß der Europäischen Staatenhistorie (Leipzig, 1775).

Schlözer, August Ludwig von, Vorstellung der Universal-Historie (Göttingen, 1772-79).

Schröckh, Johann Matthias, Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Weltgeschichte (Berlun and Stettin, 1774).

(1) Philological (2) Historical (3) Mathematical (4) Philosophical [top]
A. W. Wlochatius	Pure Mathematics	Clem	1-2
F. J. Buck	Geometry	Wolf	8-9
K. D. Reusch	Geometry	Wolf	8-9
F. J. Buck	Trigonometry and Astronomy	Wolf	10-11
J. Schultz	Geometry, Trigonomety, Mechanics	Wolf	11-12
J. Schultz	Astronomy	Wolf	2-3
K. D. Reusch	Mechanical Science	Wolf	9-10
F. J. Buck	Civil Engineering	Wolf	1 hr.
A. W. Wlochatius	Algebra	Clem	Wed/Sat 10-11, 3-4

Staff:

Friedrich Johann Buck [bio] (Full Professor of Mathematics)

Karl Daniel Reusch [bio] (Full Professor of Physics)

Johann Schultz [bio] (lecturer in philosophy)

August Wilhelm Wlochatius [bio] (lecturer in philosophy)

Textbooks:

Clemm, Heinrich Wilhelm, Erste Gründe aller mathematischen Wissenschaften (Stuttgart, 1759).

Wolff, Christian, Auszug aus den Anfangsgründen aller mathematischen Wissenschaften für die Anfänger auf Schulen (halle, 1717).

(1) Philological (2) Historical (3) Mathematical (4) Philosophical [top]
I. Kant	Encyclopedia of all Philosophy	Feder, Grundriß	8-9
A. W. Wlochatius	Encyclopedia of Logic and Metaphysics	Feder, Grundriß	9-10
K. D. Reusch	Logic	Baumgarten, Acroasis	10-11
F. J. Buck	Metaphysics	Feder, Logik u. Metaphysik	2-3
I. Kant	Metaphysics	Baumgarten, Metaphysica	7-8
I. Kant	Anthropology	Baumgarten, Metaphysica	Wed/Sat 8-9[1]
K. D. Reusch	The Best Psychological Truths (Latin)[2]	-	8-9
K. D. Reusch	Theoretical Physics	Karsten	3-4
F. J. Buck	Experimental Physics	Eberhard	Sat, 11-12, 2-3
K. D. Reusch	Experimental Physics	-	2-3
F. J. Buck	Practical Philosophy	Feder, Lehrbuch	Mon/Fri, 3-4
C. J. Kraus	Natural Law	Achenwall	8-9
C. J. Kraus	Pedagogy	-	Wed/Sat 8-9
F. J. Buck	Repetitorium for mathematics and philosophy, in Latin	-	Tue/Fri 3-4
I. Kant	Disputation and Repetition, in Latin	-	Wed/Sat 7-8
K. D. Reusch	Repetitorium & Examinatorium[2]	-	12-1
G. C. Pisanski	Disputation Practice	-	1 hr.
A. W. Wlochatius	Disputatorium	-	-

[1] Kant always taught this class from 8-10 on Wednesday and Saturday; this is likely a misprint.

[2] This class was intended primarily for the scholarship students (königliche Alumnen [glossary]).

Staff:

Friedrich Johann Buck [bio] (Full Professor of Mathematics)

Immanuel Kant [bio] (Full Professor of Logic and Metaphysics

Christian Jakob Kraus [bio] (Full Professor of Practical Philosophy)

Karl Daniel Reusch [bio] (Full Professor of Physics)

Georg Christoph Pisanski [bio] (lecturer in philosophy and theology)

August Wilhelm Wlochatius [bio] (lecturer in philosophy)

Textbooks:

Achenwall, Gottfried, Jus naturae, 2nd ed. (Göttingen, 1753).

Baumgarten, Alexander, Metaphysyica, 4th ed. (Halle, 1757).

Baumgarten, Alexander, Acroasis logica (Halle, 1761).

Eberhard, Johann Peter, Erste Gründe der Naturlehre (Erfurt and Leipzig, 1753).

Feder, Johann Georg Heinrich, Grundriß der philosophischen Wissenschaften nebst der nöthigen Geschichte (Coburg, 1769).

Feder, Johann Georg Heinrich, Logik und Metaphysik im Grundrisse (Göttingen, 1769).

Feder, Johann Georg Heinrich, Lehrbuch der praktischen Philosophie (Göttingen, 1770).

Karsten, Wezesalus Johann Gustav, Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre (Halle, 1780).

Language and Exercise Masters [top]
Charmois and von Bergen	French	Lindner and Rackwitz	Riding
von Bergen	Italian	Cartron	Fencing
von Rzepnicki	Polish	Minden, d'Olmo, Grawe, Schinck, Schildbach	Dancing
Dunker	English	Rupp, Becker, Nelsen, Vigouroux, Gleinig, Tietz	Painting
		Richter, Podbielski, Korn	Music

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