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The Philosopher Nobody Executed: How Gabriel Wagner Vanished from History
A Leipzig student publishes a shocking book and is expelled and erased - what happens when you speak your true beliefs aloud?
The Philosopher Nobody Executed: How Gabriel Wagner Vanished from History
In this episode, we follow the brief, troubled trail of Gabriel Wagner from student to exile and the strange institutional erasure that swallowed him. The story tracks his expulsion, a satirical tract aimed at his teacher, and why Leibniz bothered to answer - leaving us to ask what it costs to say what you truly believe.
Person: Gabriel Wagner
Date: 1691 (expulsion and imprisonment)
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