DIEDRICH TIEDEMANN
\dˈiːdɹɪt͡ʃ tˈa͡ɪdɪmˌan], \dˈiːdɹɪtʃ tˈaɪdɪmˌan], \d_ˈiː_d_ɹ_ɪ_tʃ t_ˈaɪ_d_ɪ_m_ˌa_n]\
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A German philosopher; born at Bremerworde, 1748; died 1786, at Marburg, where he was professor of philosophy in the university. He wrote: "Researches on the Origin of Languages" (1772); "System of the Stoic Philosophy" (1777); "The First Philosophers of Greece" (1780); "Origin of the Magic Arts" (1787); "Spirit of Speculative Philosophy from Thales to Berkeley" (6 vols., 1790-97); "Theaetetus; or, Human Knowledge" (1794).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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