Utopia: Johann Peter Süßmilch and the Divine Order

Gerhard Scheuerer ()
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Gerhard Scheuerer: University of Erfurt

A chapter in The State as Utopia, 2011, pp 183-189 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Johann Peter Süßmilch lived in the eighteenth century in Germany. He was a contemporary of well-known German scientists, philosopher Christian Wolff and cameralist Johann von Justi. Süßmilch served as Prussian army priest and provost in the parish Berlin-Cölln. He is a representative of German cameralism, which cautioned about turning away from religion to listen to reason, and was engaged as a statistician and demographer concerning with actual statistical data of the time. In this essay, Süßmilch’s Devine Order of population is shown as part of the intellectual and spiritual antagonism towards the rising importance of reason at the time. Finally, Süßmilch’s awarenesses are compared with Malthus’ later-published Principles of Population.

Keywords: Marginal Revenue; Sexual Abstinence; Grammar School; Excellent Education; Subsistence Minimum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7500-3_14

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