Jakob Thomasius

Jakob Thomasius
Jakob Thomasius (1622–1684)
Born	27 August 1622 Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
Died	9 September 1684 Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
Fields	Philosopher
Institutions	University of Leipzig
Alma mater	University of Leipzig (B.A., 1642; M.A., 1643)
Academic advisors	Friedrich Leibniz
Doctoral students	Otto Mencke
Other notable students	Gottfried Leibniz
Notes
He was the father of Christian Thomasius and the brother of Johann Thomasius.

Jakob Thomasius (27 August 1622 – 9 September 1684) was a German academic philosopher and jurist. He is now regarded as an important founding figure in the scholarly study of the history of philosophy. His views were eclectic, and were taken up by his son Christian Thomasius.

Thomasius was influential in the contemporary realignment of philosophy as a discipline. Martin Mulsow writes:

He wrote on a wide range of topics, including plagiarism and the education of women.

He was the teacher of Gottfried Leibniz at the University of Leipzig, where Thomasius was professor of Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy, remaining a friend and correspondent, and has been described as Leibniz's mentor.