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Profile Author:
Mikkel Munthe Jensen
Last Update:
2026-04-29
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Kortholt, Sebastian (* 1675.04.11 † 1760.10.18)

Basic Overview Data

Born
1675.04.11, Kiel
Died
1760.10.18, Kiel
Confession
Protestant, Lutheran
Institutional Affiliation
University of Kiel
Keywords
Protestant, Lutheran
Normdata
GND: 124649637
Important Family Relations
Father, Christian Kortholt (1633 - 1694), pro-chancellor and professor of theology, University of Kiel
Biography

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Comment on main natural law works

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Comment on profile’s conception of natural law

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Education
../1691, Private Schooling [Christian Kortholt, Christoph von Stemmen]
1692.02.10 - ../1696, University of Kiel
1697 - 1698, University of Leipzig
Degrees
1701, Magister philosophiae, University of Kiel
Travels
1696\.. - 1697, The Netherlands, England
1698 - ../1701, The Netherlands
Teaching
1708, Winter semester, "Natural law according to Samuel Pufendorf", public lecture course, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Kiel
1709-1717, Summer and winter semesters, "Elemental moral philosophy according to Johan Franz Buddeus", public lecture courses, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Kiel
1719, Winter semester, "Natural moral and natural customs", public lecture course, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Kiel
1721-1724, Winter and summer semesters, "Elemental moral philosophy according to Johan Franz Buddeus", public lecture courses, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Kiel
1727, Summer semester, "Natural law, civil law", public lecture course, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Kiel
1727, Winter semester, "Elemental moral philosophy according to Johan Franz Buddeus", private lecture course, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Kiel
Career
1701 - 1702, Extraordinary professor of poetry, University of Kiel, Faculty of Philosophy
1702 - 1706, Ordinary professor of poetry, University of Kiel, Faculty of Philosophy
1705 - 1725, Librarian, University of Kiel
1706 - 1725, Ordinary professor of poetry and moral philosophy, University of Kiel, Faculty of Philosophy
1725 - 1760, Ordinary professor of poetry and eloquence, University of Kiel, Faculty of Philosophy
Titles, Memberships and Other Relevant Roles
1742, Member, Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab (Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters), Copenhagen

Printed Sources

Books

Historia Ecclesiastica Novi Testamenti, kat' epitomēn à Christo nato usque ad seculum decimum septimum, sistens Statum Ecclesiæ sub Imperatoribus, Schismata, Hæreses, Synodos ac Ecclesiæ Doctores, (Hamburg: Spiering, 1708): Digital version

Dissertations

De insuficientia ethices Aristotelis: specimen primum (Kiel: Reuther, 1706), [Praeses: Sebastian Kortholt, Respondent: Matthias Bützer]: Digital version

Manuscript Sources

Correspondence

Epistolae ad Sebastianum Kortholt, Vol. 1-12 [University Library Kiel: Ratjen Cod. ms. SH 406B 1-12]
    - Vol. 1: Digital version
    - Vol. 2: Digital version
    - Vol. 3: Digital version
    - Vol. 4: Digital version
    - Vol. 5: Digital version
    - Vol. 6: Digital version
    - Vol. 7: Digital version
    - Vol. 8: Digital version
    - Vol. 9: Digital version
    - Vol. 10: Digital version
    - Vol. 11: Digital version
    - Vol. 12: Digital version

Personal Connections
1701, Nicolaus Martini, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1701, Samuel Reyher, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1701, Simon Heinrich Musäus, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1701, Georg Pasch, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1704, Christoph Heinrich Amthor, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1708, Andreas Ludwig Königsmann, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1708, Friedrich Gentzke, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1721, Stephan Christoph Harpprecht von Harpprechstein, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1722, Johann Heinrich Heubel, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1725, Philipp Friedrich Hane, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1725, Johann Zacharias Hartmann, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1727, Friedrich Gottlieb Struve, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1733, Johann Matthias Kaeuffelin, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1737, Amandus Christian Dorn, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1738, Gottfried Heinrich Elend, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1743, Johann Jacob Quistorp, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1745, Johann Carl Heinrich Dreyer, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1753, Johann Wilhelm Gadendam, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]
1753, Karl Friedrich Winkler, Kiel [Colleague at University of Kiel]

Profile References

Literature

Adelung, Johann Christoph: Fortsetzung und Ergänzungen zu Christian Gottlieb Jöchers Allgemeinen Gelehrten-Lexico, vol. 3, (Leipzig: J. F. Gleditschen, 1810), p. 757-756.


Volbehr, Friedrich & Richard Weyl: Professoren und Dozenten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1665-1915 (Kiel, Schmidt & Klaunig, 1916) p. 1, 21, 129, 174.

Sources

Matriculation (Kiel): Das Album der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1665 - 1865 ed. Franz Gundlach (Kiel: Lipsius & Tischer, 1915), p. 39, No. 1992.


Matriculation (Leipzig): Die jüngere Matrikel der Universität Leipzig, 1559 - 1809, 2. Bd., Die Immatrikulationen vom Wintersemester 1634 bis zum Sommersemester 1709 ed. Erler, Georg (Leipzig: Giesecke & Devrient, 1909), p. 233.

Acknowledgement

Profile Author:
Mikkel Munthe Jensen
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How to Cite This Profile
Jensen, Mikkel Munthe, "Sebastian Kortholt" in Natural Law 1625-1850: Database, ed. Mikkel Munthe Jensen (Erfurt, Gotha, Jena: ThULB, 2019-), Canonical URL: https://naturallawdatabase.thulb.uni-jena.de/item/natlaw_71
Mikkel Munthe Jensen, Last Update:  10.11.2025