Philipp Ruhig

Philipp Ruhig (Lithuanian: Pilypas Ruigys, Latin: Philippus Ruhigius) (March 31, 1675— June 4, 1749) was a Lithuanian Lutheran priest from East Prussia mostly known as a philosopher and philologist, an early expert in Lithuanian language.[1]

Major works
  • 1745: "Betrachtung der Littauischen Sprache, in ihrem Ursprunge, Wesen und Eigenschaften"
  • 1747: "Littauisch-Deutschen und Deutsch-Littauischen Lexicon"
gollark: Human values are not known, not consistent, and not stable.
gollark: You are *not* going to find a good one.
gollark: I could say something like "utilitarianism leads to bad conclusions like "let's tile the entire universe with human brains constantly being given heroin"" but really that's just appealing to intuitionism anyway.
gollark: Wildly guessing what things are ethical, of course.
gollark: Essentially, I am INSULTING utilitarianism.

References
  1. Ruhig, Philipp, Pfarrer und Philologe Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German)

Further reading
  • (in Lithuanian) Ruigys P. Lietuvių kalbos kilmės, būdo ir savybių tyrinėjimas. Vaga: 1986, Vilnius. 484 p. (Lituanistinė biblioteka; preface by Vytautas Mažiulis)
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