Moses Mendelssohn: Philosophical WritingsCambridge University Press, 1997 - 321 Seiten Mendelssohn's Philosophical Writings, published in 1761, bring the metaphysical tradition to bear on the topic of "sentiments" (defined as knowledge or awareness by way of the senses). They include a nuanced defense of Leibniz's theodicy and conception of freedom, and examination of the ethics of suicide, an account of the "mixed sentiments" so central to the tragic genre, an hypothesis about weakness of will, an elaboration of the main principles and types of art, and a brief tract on probability theory, aimed at rebutting Hume's skepticism. |
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... basis of this definition , the youthful and Epicurean - minded Euphranor contends that pleasure and rational analysis , like beauty and truth , are incompa- tible . The older Theocles responds by noting that what is wholly obscure ( a ...
... basis of this definition , the youthful and Epicurean - minded Euphranor contends that pleasure and rational analysis , like beauty and truth , are incompa- tible . The older Theocles responds by noting that what is wholly obscure ( a ...
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... basis of all pleasure is to be found either in perfection or in beauty " ( p . 35 ) . Euphranor raises two counterexamples to Theocles ' thesis . In the first place , there are some typical cases ( " love and wine " ) where , instead of ...
... basis of all pleasure is to be found either in perfection or in beauty " ( p . 35 ) . Euphranor raises two counterexamples to Theocles ' thesis . In the first place , there are some typical cases ( " love and wine " ) where , instead of ...
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... basis of ethics is rooted in a wider theological and metaphysical conception of perfection : cf. " The essence of God consists in perfection ; it is the plan of creation , the source of all natural and supernatural events , the goal of ...
... basis of ethics is rooted in a wider theological and metaphysical conception of perfection : cf. " The essence of God consists in perfection ; it is the plan of creation , the source of all natural and supernatural events , the goal of ...
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... basis of this division , Mendelssohn presents the following breakdown of " fine sciences " and " fine arts " : poetry ( aim : to please ) arbitrary : fine sciences rhetoric ( aim : to persuade ) signs succession : melody hearing : music ...
... basis of this division , Mendelssohn presents the following breakdown of " fine sciences " and " fine arts " : poetry ( aim : to please ) arbitrary : fine sciences rhetoric ( aim : to persuade ) signs succession : melody hearing : music ...
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... basis , Mendelssohn excludes extension , movement , and color from " realities " and regards them as mere phenomena . The " actual " or " true " realities are not extended but simple , and can have no other basic property than ...
... basis , Mendelssohn excludes extension , movement , and color from " realities " and regards them as mere phenomena . The " actual " or " true " realities are not extended but simple , and can have no other basic property than ...
Inhalt
Preface | 1 |
On sentiments | 5 |
Dialogues | 94 |
Rhapsody or additions to the Letters on sentiments | 129 |
On the main principles of the fine arts and sciences | 167 |
On the sublime and naive in the fine sciences | 190 |
On probability | 231 |
On evidence in metaphysical sciences | 249 |
On the ability to know the ability to feel and the ability to desire | 305 |
what does to enlighten mean? | 309 |
Index | 316 |
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