Biography alexander gottlieb baumgarten

1. A New Understanding of Aesthetics
2. Kant's Commentary on Baumgarten's Work
3. Lev Tolstoy's Critique
4. Legacy and Death

Alexander Gotthold Baumgarten: The German Philosopher who Introduced Aesthetics

Alexander Gotthold Baumgarten was a German philosopher and a follower of Leibniz and Wolff.

He is credited with introducing the term "Aesthetics". Born in Berlin, Baumgarten was the fifth of seven children of Jacob Baumgarten, a garrison pastor, and his wife Rosina Elisabeth. Unfortunately, Alexander lost his parents while he was still a child and was raised and educated by Martin Georg Christgau.

It was under Christgau's guidance that Baumgarten developed an interest in Latin poetry and learned Yiddish. It was during this time that Baumgarten's interest in the concept of aesthetics began to take root