Johann Sturm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Sturm

German philosopher

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1635

Place of Birth: Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1703

Profession: astronomer, writer, physicist, mathematician, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Not to be confused with Johannes Sturm (1507-1589), German-French educatorJohann Christoph Sturm (3 November 1635 – 26 December 1703) was a German philosopher. Sturm is the author of Physica Electiva (1697), a book that criticized Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and prompted him to publish a rebuke.
Sturm's critique was aimed at Leibniz's view that Nature and/or its constituent parts possess some creative force of their own.
This criticism was partly theological, in that Sturm claimed Leibniz's view of Nature undermined the sovereignty of the Christian God.