Ernst Platner
Ernst Platner | |
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Portrait by Anton Graff | |
| Born | 11 June 1744 |
| Died | 27 December 1818 (aged 74) Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Leipzig (M.D., 1767) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Rationalism |
| Main interests | History of philosophy, medicine |
| Notable ideas | The Unconscious Pragmatic history Psychosomatic medicine |
Ernst Platner (/ˈplɑːtnər/; German: [ˈplatnɐ]; 11 June 1744 – 27 December 1818) was a German anthropologist, physician and Rationalist philosopher, born in Leipzig. He was the father of painter Ernst Zacharias Platner (1773–1855).