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[English Version] . Der Begriff Ph. bez. eine theol. Argumentationsfigur und eine theologiegesch. Bewegung. Die theol. Argumentationsfigur ist Ausdruck der allg. Suche des Menschen nach einer Instanz, die ihn und seine Welt angesichts der Zufälligkeiten vor dem Verlust jeglicher Orientierung und jeglichen Verstehens bewahrt. Insofern bez. sie v.a. den Schluß von einer vollkommenen, sinnvollen und schönen Ordnung des Universums auf einen allmächtigen, allweisen und gütigen Baumeister, also den phys…

[German Version] The term “physico-theology” denotes a theological figure of argumentation and a movement in the history of theology. The figure of argumentation expresses the general human search for an authority that protects individuals and their world, faced with chance events, against the loss of all orientation and all understanding. Thus it particularly denotes the inference, on the basis of a perfect, reasonable, and beautiful order of the universe, of an almighty, all-wise, and benevolent…

[German Version] (May 20, 1716, Königsberg – Sep 30, 1785, Königsberg) studied theology in Königsberg and Halle, earning his Master of ¶ Philosophy in 1743. In 1748 he became army chaplain in Königsberg, in 1753 he joined the council of the consistory. From 1754 to 1779 he was Doctor of Theology and Professor of Theology and Greek Language, and from 1753 to 1779 he was part-time librarian at the university library. During his student days he was already the editor of the Moralische Wochenschriften (“Moral Weekly”) of Königsberg, the Einsiedler (“Hermit”) (1740/41), the Deutscher Äsop (“G…

[German Version] (Nov 11, 1668, Leipzig – Apr 30, 1736, Hamburg). Fabricius, who studied medicine and then theology in Leipzig, worked on the Acta Eruditorum (1682), was from 1693 a librarian with J. F.Mayer in Hamburg, then from 1699 until his death was professor of morality and rhetoric at the Hamburg grammar school. In 1699 he earned his Dr.theol.; he was a member of the “German-practicing” and “Patriotic” Societies. The focus of his voluminous work is the history of literature. His histories of Greek, Roman, and me…