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Ephraim Gerhard, 1682-1718.

German Cameralist.

Originating from Silesia, Gerhard Ephraim (or "Gerhardus") was a son of a Protestant pastor.  He studied theology at Wittenberg and Leipzig, then shifted to philosophy at Jena, obtaining his degree in 1704.  Gerhard published a small tract on the history of philosophy (1706), and another on logic (1709).  Gerhard eventually gave up philosophy to study jurisprudence under Christanus Thomasius, a natural law philosopher, lawyer and law professor at Altdorf and Jena.  Gerhard build upon Thomasius direction, producing works on natural law. 

Gerhard is one of the first academics to bring the Cameralism into the university.  His brief 1713 tract is conceived as an introductory guide to the work of Seckendorff.

Gerhard entered the service of the ducal court of Saxe-Weimar in 1709 and lectured at Jena.  He was appointed a professor of institutions at Altdorf in 1717, but died the next year at the relatively young age of 36.

 

  

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Major Works of Ephraim Gerhard

  • Dissertatio de studio historiae philosophicae, 1706
  • Delineatio philosophiae rationalis, 1709
  • "Von denen Hindernüssen der Auffnahm der natürlichen Rechts-Gelahrheit", 1709, preface to translation of Christanus Thomasius's Drey Bücher der Göttlichen Rechtsgelahrtheit, (orig. 1688).
  • Delineatio juris naturalis, 1712 [bk]
  • Einleitung sur Staatslehre, nebst angehengtem Discurs von des Herrn von Seckendorf politischen Schriften,1713 [1716 2nd. ed,].

 
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