Was philosopher Christian Wolff an atheist?

muffy19

"In 1721, Christian Wolff delivered a speech on the practical philosophy of China, especially the teaching of Confucius, before a large audience at Halle University. Wolff discussed several elements of Confucianism that could be of practical use for human life. According to him, the most important factor in Chinese morality might be its rationalism, which was similar to Wolff's own philosophy. Wolff eventually was expelled from the University because he was regarded as an atheist. His speech is important for the Japanese because Japan's culture has long been influenced by Confucianism" http://www.springerlink.com/content/x41n60x18146782r/ Nov 22 09, 11:12 PM

star_gazer

No, although he was accused of being so. Philosophy is defined by him as the science of the possible, and divided, according to the two faculties of the human individual, into a theoretical and a practical part. Logic, sometimes called philosophia rationalis, forms the introduction or propaedeutics to both. Theoretical philosophy has for its parts ontology or philosophia prima, cosmology, rational psychology and natural theology; ontology treats of the existent in general, psychology of the soul as a simple non-extended substance, cosmology of the world as a whole, and rational theology of the existence and attributes of God. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wolff_(philosopher) Nov 22 09, 11:14 PM