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philosophy. This at first induced sceptical notions; a more profound examination of the sacred writings, and of all that relates to them, brought him back to the See also:

Christian faith, but, in his retirement, he formed his belief after his own ideas, and it was far from orthodox. He returned to Hamburg, and between 1749 and 1753 was private See also:

TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor in a nobleman's See also:

FAMILY

family in See also:

Holstein. Basedow now began to exhibit his really remarkable See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers as an educator of the See also:

young, and acquired so much distinction that, in 1753, he was chosen See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of moral philosophy and belles-lettres in the See also:

academy of Sorb in See also:

Denmark. On See also:

account of his theological opinions he was in 1761 removed from this See also:

POST

post and transferred to See also:

ALTONA

Altona, where some of his published See also:

WORKS

works brought him into See also:

GREAT

great disfavour with the orthodox See also:

clergy. He was forbidden to give further instruction, but did not lose his See also:

SALARY

salary; and, towards the end of 1767, he abandoned theology to devote himself with the same ardour to See also:

EDUCATION

education, of which he conceived the project of a See also:

general reform in See also:

Germany. In x768 appeared his Vorstellung an 1lfenschenfreunde See also:

FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Schulen, nebst dem See also:

Plan eines Elementarbuches der menschlichen Erkenntnisse, which was strongly influenced by See also:

Rousseau's Emile.

He proposed the reform of See also:

SCHOOLS

schools and of the See also:

COMMON

common methods of instruction, and the See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of an See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute for qualifying teachers,—soliciting subscriptions for the See also:

PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing of his Elementarwerk, where his principles were to be explained at length, and illustrated by plates. The subscriptions for this See also:

OBJECT

object amounted to 15,000 Talers (£2250), and in 1774 he was able. to publish the See also:

WORK

work in four volumes. It contains a See also:

COMPLETE

complete See also:

SYSTEM

system of See also:

PRIMARY

primary education, intended to develop the intelligence of the pupils and to bring them, so far as possible, into contact with realities, not with See also:

mere words. The work was received with great favour, and Basedow obtained means to establish an institute for education at See also:

DESSAU

Dessau, and to apply his principles in training disciples, who might spread them over all Germany. The name of Philanthropin which he gave to the institution appeared to him the most expressive of his views; and he engaged in the new project with all his accustomed ardour. But he had few scholars, and the success by no means answered his hopes. Nevertheless, so well had his ideas been received that similar institutions sprang up all over the See also:

LAND

land, and the most prominent writers and thinkers openly advocated the plan. Basedow, unfortunately, was little calculated by nature or See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit to succeed in an employment which required the greatest regularity, See also:

PATIENCE

patience and See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention; his See also:

TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper was intractable, and his management was one See also:

long See also:

QUARREL

quarrel with his colleagues. He resigned his directorship of the institution in 1778, and it was finally closed in 1793. Basedow died at See also:

MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg on the 25th of See also:

JULY

July 1790. See H. Rathmann, Beitrage zur Lebensgeschichte Basedows (Magdeburg, 1791); J.

C. See also:

Meyer, Leben, Charakter and Schriften Basedows (2 vols., Hamburg, 1791—1792) ; G. P. R. See also:

HAHN, AUGUST (1792–1863)

Hahn, Basedow and sein Verhaltnis zu Rousseau (Leipzig, 1885) ; A. Pinloche, Basedow et le philanthropinisme (See also:

Paris, 1890) ; C. Gossgen, Rousseau and Basedow (1891).

End of Article: BASEDOW, JOHANN BERNHARD (1723-1790)

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