Johann Joachim Lange
Introduction Johann Joachim Lange. '''Johann Joachim Lange''' (26 October 1670 – 7 May 1744) was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher.Lange was born in Gardelegen and educated in Leipzig, Erfurt and Halle. He was influenced by Christian Thomasius and the pietist August Hermann Francke. He became a professor of theology at Halle in 1709, and opposed the philosophy of Christian Wolff. He died in Halle on 7 May 1744.Lange wrote the hymn ''O God, what offering shall I give? '', translated into English by John Wesley in 1739.Lange's son, Samuel Gotthold Lange, was a noted poet.
Works *''Medicina mentis'', 1704*''Causa dei et religionis naturalis adversum atheismus'', 1723*''Modesta Disqvisitio Novi Philosophiæ Systematis De Deo, Mvndo Et Homine, Et Præsertim De Harmonia Commercii Inter Animam Et Corpvs Præstabilita; Cvm Epicrisi In Viri Cvivsdam Clarissimi Commentationem ; De Differentia Nexvs Rervm Sapientis Et Fatalis Necessitatis, Nec Non Systematis Harmoniæ ...'', 1723
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