Zur deutschen Schulmetaphysik des 17. Jahrhunderts

The philosophical interpretation of German rationalist School Metaphysics of the 17th Century depends on the determination of its terminus a quo and its terminus ad quem. Considering both, this review of three recent editions of important works argues for a revised perspective. The author claims that the School Metaphysical influence on Wolff and Kant does not consist in the model of metaphysica generalis and metaphysica specialis, but in the modalization of the subiectum metaphysicae, and he suggests that protestant orthodoxy does not simply use a scholastic vocabulary for the articulation of articles of faith, but re-interprets metaphysics as an ars interna within a new model of subjectivity.

Clemens Timpler: Metaphysicae systema methodicum. Libris quinque per theoremata et problemata selecta concinnatum. Hanau 1608. Nachdruck mit einer Einleitung von Alexander Aichele. Hildesheim 2018. Olms. 30*/842 S. (= SM) – Christoph Scheibler: Opus metaphysicum. Frankfurt a. M. 1665. Réimpression avec une introduction par Frédéric de Buzon. 2 Bde. Hildesheim 2015. Olms. 37*/650 S. (= OM) – Johann Scharf: Exemplaris Metaphysica. Wittenberg 1625. Nachdruck mit einem Vorwort von Robert Theis. Hildesheim 2012. Olms. 12*/230 S. (= EM)