Printz, Wolfgang Caspar
(1641–1717)
WOLFGANG CASPAR PRINTZPRINTZ, WOLFGANG CASPARWOLFGANG CASPAR PRINTZ [* 1641-† 1717] Every theorist transmits some part of what is already known—modifying and augmenting, to be sure, but nevertheless participating in a continuing exchange among thinkers. Young devotees continually emerge to take the place of the old, whose death does not necessarily diminish their impact, but only prevents them from responding to any further developments of their notions. Wolfgang Caspar Printz, active in…