Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi was a German philosopher, writer and socialite. He is best known for popularizing the concept of nihilism, denigrating it as the necessary result of Enlightenment thought and the philosophical systems of Baruch Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling.
- Occupation
- philosopher, theologian, novelist, university teacher
- Position held
- Geheimrat
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Born
- January 25, 1743
- Died
