Karl Friedrich Stäudlin

Karl Friedrich Stäudlin (July 25, 1761 – July 5, 1826) was a German Protestant theologian born in Stuttgart.

Karl Friedrich Stäudlin

He studied theology in Tübingen, and from 1790 was a professor of theology at the University of Göttingen, where remained for nearly 36 years. In 1803 he was appointed Consistorialrath.^[1]

He was an advocate of "rational Supranaturalism". His writings largely dealt with church history, moral theology and moral philosophy.^[2] On the latter subject, he was profoundly influenced by the work of Immanuel Kant.^[3]

Selected publications

• Geschichte und Geist des Skeptizismus (History and spirit of skepticism), 1794.
• Kirchliche Geographie und Statistik (Religious history and statistics), 1804.
• Geschichte der philosophie und biblischen Moral (History of philosophy and Biblical morals), 1805.
• Geschichte der christlichen Moral (History of Christian morals), 1808.
• Geschichte der theologischen Wissenschaften (History of theological science), 1810–11.
• Geschichte des Rationalismus und Supernaturalismus (History of rationalism and supranaturalism), 1826.

References

• John C. Laursen, “Skepticism and the History of Moral Philosophy: The Case of Carl Friedrich Stäudlin”, in John van der Zande and Richard Popkin (eds.), The Sceptical Tradition around 1800: Scepticism in Philosophy, Science, and Society, Dordrecht, Kluwer, 1998.
• IDREF.fr Bibliography of Karl Friedrich Stäudlin

1. ADB: Stäudlin, Carl Friedrich at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
2. Herders Conversations-Lexikon (translated biography)
3. Kant in the history of moral philosophy, The Invention of Autonomy: A History of Modern Moral Philosophy by Jerome B. Schneewind