Frederik Christian Eilschov (13 February 1725 – 15 October 1750) was a Danish philosopher. He is most noted for Fruentimmer-Philosophie (1749) and for Philosophiske Breve (1748).[1]
Eilschov was born at Rynkeby on the island of
Funen. He was the son of parish priest Laurids Christian Eilschou (1695-1764) and Cathrine Munderlov (1690-1766). In 1742 he became he began his education and 1746 he took received his master's degree from the
University of Copenhagen. He resided at
Borchs Kollegium for the remainder of his life. Eilschov died at the age of 25 of smallpox and was buried in the cemetery at
Trinitatis Church in
Copenhagen.[2][3]
Works
Cogitationes de scientiis vernacula lingua docendis cum specimine terminologiae vernaculae, 1747
Philosophiske Skrifter, 1747
Philosophiske Breve over adskillige nyttige og vigtige Ting, 1748
Fruentimmer Philosophie i tre Samtaler, 1749
References
^Haakonssen, Knud (2006), "Eilschov, Frederik Christian", in Haakonssen, Knud (ed.), The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, p. 1167