Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld (1605 – 16 February 1655) was a German polymath, active as a philosopher, logician and encyclopedic writer from Siegen.Paolo Rossi, Logic and the Art of Memory: The Quest for a Universal Language, London: Athlone Press, 2000, pp.142-144. A follower of Ramus and pupil of Johann Heinrich Alsted at the Herborn Academy (Academia Nassauensis),In the list Herborn School 1613-9 pupils, as Bisterfeldius, with mention of later position at Alba Iulia. Bisterfeld became head of the academy in Weissenburg (Alba Iulia) in Transylvania, where he died.
Works Philosophiae primae seminarium, 1652 ( second edition: Lugduni Batavorum, 1657). Elementorum logicorum libri tres, Lugduni Batavorum, 1657.These two works were annotated by the young Leibniz (1663-1666): Akademie Ausgabe VI, 1, pp. 151-162. Bisterfeldius redivivus, Hagae-Comitum, 1661, appeared posthumously in two volumes, the first being Alphabeti philosophici libri tres, on universal language and the second Logica disputandi; this work is considered an influence on Leibniz.Contributors to the Universal Language
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