Bernard Bolzano
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a Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest of Italian extraction, also known for his liberal views.
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Born
Bernardus Placidus Johann Nepomuk Gonzal Bolzano 5 October 1781 Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
Died
18 December 1848 (aged 67) Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
Institutions
University of Prague (1805–1819)
Academic advisors
Franz Josef Gerstner
adultbasic
Czech
Church
Catholic Church
Education
University of Prague ( PhD, 1804)
era
1800+
Era
19th-century philosophy
Main interests
Logic, epistemology, theology
Notable ideas
Logical objectivism Bolzano's theorem (the first purely analytic proof of the intermediate value theorem ) Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem (ε, δ)-definition of limit Least-upper-bound property
Notable students
Robert von Zimmermann
Ordained
1805
Region
Western philosophy
Religion
Christianity
School
Logical objectivism Utilitarianism Classical liberalism
Thesis
Betrachtungen über einige Gegenstände der Elementargeometrie (Considerations on Some Objects of Elementary Geometry) (1804)