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  Johann Kaspar Lavater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johann Kaspar Lavater (November 15, 1741 - January 2, 1801), was a poet and physiognomist.
The two principal sources from which Lavater developed his study of physiognomy were from the writings of the Italian polymath Giambattista della Porta and the observations made by Sir Thomas Browne in his Religio Medici (translated into German in 1748 and praised by Lavater).
Lavater had a mystic's indifference to historical Christianity, and, although regarded as a champion of orthodoxy, was in fact only an antagonist of rationalism.
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 Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater (November 15, 1741 - January 2, 1801), German poet and physiognomist, was born at Zürich.
From 1774 on, Goethe was intimately acquainted with Lavater, but at a later period he became estranged from him, somewhat abruptly accusing him of superstition and hypocrisy.
Lavater had a mystic's indifference to historical Christianity, and, although esteemed by himself and others a champion of orthodoxy, was in fact only an antagonist of rationalism.
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 Lavater, Johann Kaspar Criticism and Essays
Lavater was one of the leading intellectuals of the age, and the impact of his theories on European literature and thought persisted well into the nineteenth century, particularly so in Germany and England.
Lavater returned to Zurich shortly thereafter but was shot in the abdomen by an occupying French soldier on September 26, 1799, when he came to the aid of two Swiss women.
Accordingly, Lavater described physiognomy as “the science of knowledge of the correspondence between the external and internal man, the visible superficies and the invisible contents.” His primary focus was the head and face, which he believed could reveal the often disguised secrets of one's moral nature.
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The tone of his work is one of exalted religious enthusiasm, mingled with asceticism; for Lavater was a mystic both in theology and philosophy.
Possessing the keenest powers of observation and the most delicate discrimination of human traits, Lavater came to believe that the character of men could be discovered in their countenances.
Lavater at first hailed the French Revolution with joy, but after the murder of the King he regarded the whole movement with religious abhorrence.
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 Henry Fuseli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Fuseli (in German Johann Heinrich Füssli) (February 7, 1741 - April 16, 1825) was a British painter and writer on art, of German-Swiss origin.
His father was Johann Caspar Füssli, a painter of portraits and landscapes, and author of Lives of the Helvetic Painters.
One of his schoolmates there was Johann Kaspar Lavater, with whom he became close friends.
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 Johann Kaspar Lavater
He was educated at the gymnasium of his native town, where Johann Jakob Bodmer and J. Breitinger were among his teachers.
As a poet, Lavater published Christliche Lieder (1776-80) and two epics, Jesus Messias (1780) and Joseph von Arimathia (1794), in the style of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock.
On the taking of Zürich by the French in 1799, Lavater, while endeavoring to appease the soldiery, was shot through the body by an infuriated grenadier; he died after long sufferings borne with great fortitude, on the 2nd of January 1801.
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 Lavater, Johann Kaspar - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
LAVATER, JOHANN KASPAR [Lavater, Johann Kaspar], 1741-1801, Swiss theologian and mystic.
He wrote several books on metaphysics, but he is chiefly remembered for his work on physiognomy, the art of determining character from facial characteristics.
Deutsche Spataufklarung und Pietismus: Ihr Verhaltnis im Rahmen Kirchlich-Burgerlicher Reform bei Johann Ludwig Ewald (1748-1822).
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 Physiognomy and Racism
Lavater was a Swiss priest, and is known as the inventor of physiognomy.
Lavater's physiognomy also became influential in literature, such as the book Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848, where onlookers at a murder trial for the character Jem Wilson try to decide if he is guilty by examining the structure of his face.
Lavater tried to use Camper's method to measure the facial angle of the Jews, but found that "the Jewish had such aquiline faces and noses, that is was impossible to get any type of calculation" (Calixte).
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 LAVATER, JOHANN KASPAR... - Online Information article about LAVATER, JOHANN KASPAR...
Goethe was intimately acquainted with Lavater, but at a later See also:
Lavater himself published two collections of his writings, Vermischte Schriften (2 vols., 1774—1781), and Kleinere prosaische Schriften (3 vols., 1784—1785).
See G. Gessner, Lavaters Lebensbeschreibung (3 vols., 18o2—18o3); U. Hegner, Beitrage zur Kenntnis Lavaters (1836) ; F. Bodemann, Lavater nach seinem Leben, Lehren and Wirken (1856; 2nd ed., 1877); F. Muncker, J. Lavater (1883); H. Waser, J. Lavater nach Hegners Aufzeichnungen (1894); J. Lavater, Denkschrift zum zoo.
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 United Earth - Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes & Biography
You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.
He was born at Zürich, and educated at the Gymnasium there, where J. Bodmer and J. Breitinger were among his teachers.
See G Gessner, Lavaters Lebensbeschreibung (3 vols., 1802—1803); U. Hegner, Beiträge zur Kenntnis Lavaters (1836); F. Bodemann, Lavater nach seinem Leben, Lehren und Wirken (1856; 2nd ed., 1877); F. Muocker, J. Lavater (1883); H. Waser, J. Lavater nach Hegners Aufzeichnungen (1894); J. Lavater, Denkschrift zum 100.
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 Lavater, Johann Caspar (1741-1801)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Johann Kaspar Lavater took Holy Orders in 1769 and worked as a Protestant deacon and a pastor in his native Zürich.
The house where Goethe visited Lavater in Zürich at the Obere Zäune 11.
Johann Caspar Lavater's gravesite at the St. Peter church in Zürich.
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 BookRags: Johann Georg Hamann Biography
Johann Georg Hamann is a seminal figure in the development of modern German literature and philosophy.
To many generations of cultural historians and students of German literature he has been known as the "father" of the Sturm und Drang and a principal forerunner of the Romantic movement.
Through the mediation of Johann Gottfried Herder, Hamann became a major influence on the young Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
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Lavaters Schatten : Physiognomie Und Charakter Bei Ganghofer, Fontane Und Doblin Mit Einem Exkurs uber Den Verbrecher Als Literarische Gestalt Von Schiller Bis Boll Und Einer Systematischen Bibliographie Zum Thema Physiognomie Und Charakter
Johann Kaspar Lavater, Charles Bonnet, Jacob Bennelle : Briefe 1768-1790 Ein Forschungsbeitrag Zur Aufklarung in Der Schweiz
Lavater Und Die Stillen Im Lande Distanz Und Nahe : Die Beziehungen Lavaters Zu Frommigkeitsbewegungen Im 18.
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 AllRefer.com - Johann Kaspar Lavater (Philosophy, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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Johann Kaspar Lavater[yO´hAn kAs´pAr lA´vAtur, lAvA´tur] Pronunciation Key, 1741–1801, Swiss theologian and mystic.
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