Clemens Timpler
Overview
 
Clemens Timpler was a German philosopher, physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 and theologian.

Along with Jakob Degen (1511-1587), he is considered the most important Protestant metaphysician, establishing the Protestant Reformed Neuscholastik.
Timpler was born in Stolpen
Stolpen
Stolpen is a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.- References :...

. In 1600 he joined Bartholomew Keckermann studying philosophy at Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

. In April 1595, he became professor of physics at the high school Arnoldinum in Steinfurt
Steinfurt
Steinfurt is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Steinfurt.-Geography:Steinfurt is situated north-west of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia. Its name came into being in 1975 when the two – up to then independent – parts of the city – Borghorst and...

and taught there until his death.
  • Metaphysicae systema methodicum Steinfurt 1604
  • Physicae Seu Philosophiae Naturalis Systema Methodicum, Hannover 1605
  • Clementis Timpleri Technologia seu tractatus generalis de natura et differentiis artium liberalium; die gloria Dei als schlechthin letztes Ziel aller techne in Theorem 9.
  • Exercitationum Philosophicarum Sectiones X : In Quibus Quaestiones Selectae Et Utiles, Praesertim Metaphysicae, ultra quadringentas, accurate & dilucide discutiuntur & enodantur Hannover: Antonius 1618
  • Theoria Physica, De Sensu In Genere : Certis Thesibus comprehensa.
Quotations

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing.

The Times, London (1986-02-01)

No one goes to the toilet in novels. You'd think none of us had bladders.

Newsnight Review (2009-07-24) :Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN 0-374-52762-8

If you think you are emancipated, you might consider the idea of tasting your own menstrual blood - if it makes you sick, you've got a long way to go, baby.

The Wicked Womb (p. 57)

Nobody wants a girl whose beauty is imperceptible to all but him...

The Stereotype (p. 67)

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone.

Womanpower (p. 128)

 
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