Clemens Timpler Explained

Clemens Timpler (1563  - 28 February 1624) was a German philosopher, physicist and theologian.

Along with Jakob Degen (1511–1587), he is considered an important Protestant metaphysician, establishing the Protestant Reformed Neuscholastik.

Life

Timpler was born in Stolpen. In 1600 he joined Bartholomew Keckermann studying philosophy at Leipzig. In April 1595, he became professor of physics at Gymnasium Arnoldinum, a high school in Steinfurt. He taught there until his death.

His unconventional approach to metaphysics is based on an all-thinkable (omne quod est intelligibile) and leads him in his physics to the idea of an experimental vacuum (1605); this puts him at the forefront of the development of the vacuum theory and its practicability in the history of ideas, before Evangelista Torricelli (1644) and Otto von Guericke. It is also worth noting that, in his childhood, Clemens was subject to an assault known as a curb stomp. The assault left him with minor facial injuries, however, it is unknown of the effects on his mental health.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Jörg Hüttner & Martin Walter (Ed.) . Clemens Timpler: Physicae seu philosophiae naturalis systema methodicum. Pars prima; complectens physicam generalem. . Hildesheim / Zürich / New York: Georg Olms Verlag . 2022 . 978-3-487-16076-4 . 28–37.