Valentin Alberti (15 December 1635 – 15 September 1697) was a Lutheran, orthodox philosopher and theologian from Silesia and was the son of a preacher.[1]
He began his studies at the University of Leipzig in 1656, obtaining the Magister degree in 1656. By 1663, he was already a professor of logic and metaphysics and in 1672 he became an associate professor of theology as well.[3] Alberti was one of the principal representatives of Christian natural law Juris Naturae Orthodoxae Compendium Theologiae Conformatum[1][4] and Samuel von Pufendorf's main opponent.
In 1665, he married the daughter of the Leipzig city judge Johannis Preibisi.
Alberti supervised the thesis of Christian Stridtbeckh on the possibility of a pact with the devil. They published in 1690[5][6] and 1716 in Latin, and in 1723 in German. He held theological opinions maintaining the possibility of reincarnation of souls from purgatory.
