Background
Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus was born on the 1st of September, 1761 in Leonberg, Germany.
philosopher theologian university professor
Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus was born on the 1st of September, 1761 in Leonberg, Germany.
Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus is known as a rationalist who offered natural explanations for the biblical miracles of Jesus. Paulus was a professor of theology and oriental languages at the University of Jena (1789–1803), then professor at the University of Würzburg (1803–1807). He spent time in Bamberg, Nürnberg and Ansbach before becoming professor of exegesis and church history at the University of Heidelberg (1811-1844), where he was instrumental in hiring Hegel in 1816. As a Lutheran in the Age of Enlightenment, he firmly believed in the autonomy of the individual and freedom of the individual (through reason) from the dogma of the church.
His theological rationalism greatly influenced Hegel"s own theology.
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.