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