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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... beauty as an indistinct representation of a perfection . " On the basis of this definition , the youthful and Epicurean - minded Euphranor contends that pleasure and rational analysis , like beauty and truth , are incompa- tible . The ...
... beauty as an indistinct representation of a perfection . " On the basis of this definition , the youthful and Epicurean - minded Euphranor contends that pleasure and rational analysis , like beauty and truth , are incompa- tible . The ...
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... beauty thus rests upon the limitations of the human soul , the pleasure of intellectual perfection is based upon " a positive power of our soul , " namely , an ability to grasp the purposive harmony of a multiplicity of things ( p . 24 ) ...
... beauty thus rests upon the limitations of the human soul , the pleasure of intellectual perfection is based upon " a positive power of our soul , " namely , an ability to grasp the purposive harmony of a multiplicity of things ( p . 24 ) ...
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... Beauty and Virtue ( London , 1725 ) also becomes the object of explicit criticism . Batteux , the author of Les beaux arts réduits à un même principe in 1746 ( translated into German by Johann Elias Schlegel in 1751 ) , defended the ...
... Beauty and Virtue ( London , 1725 ) also becomes the object of explicit criticism . Batteux , the author of Les beaux arts réduits à un même principe in 1746 ( translated into German by Johann Elias Schlegel in 1751 ) , defended the ...
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... beauty as well as the mediating potential of beauty based on that connection . Every sentiment , Mendelssohn observes ( and here the term " sensation " would be an even more appropriate translation ) , involves a degree of satisfaction ...
... beauty as well as the mediating potential of beauty based on that connection . Every sentiment , Mendelssohn observes ( and here the term " sensation " would be an even more appropriate translation ) , involves a degree of satisfaction ...
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... beauty in movement " ) is bound up with the naive expression by revealing " the stirrings of the heart " in an unforced manner ( p . 226 ) . The prize essay 16 With the exception of the Dialogues , Mendelssohn's essays in the ...
... beauty in movement " ) is bound up with the naive expression by revealing " the stirrings of the heart " in an unforced manner ( p . 226 ) . The prize essay 16 With the exception of the Dialogues , Mendelssohn's essays in the ...
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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able actually Alexander Altmann Alexander Baumgarten appear artist basis beauty become body C. J. Gerhardt capacity to desire certainty Christian Wolff compelling reasons completely concepts constitution contingent contradiction creatures definition degree Descartes determined distinct divine doctrine effect entity essay ethics Eudoxus Euphranor everything evil example existence expression feel final purpose Fritz Bamberger geometry harmony Hence human imitation immense imperfection inference infinite insofar intellect intuitive knowledge KALLISTHEN knowledge Leibniz Leibnizian Letters on sentiments magnitude mathematics matter means Mendelssohn Mendelssohn's Philosophische Schriften merely metaphysics mind minor premise mixed sentiments moral Moses Mendelssohn movements naive nature NEOPHIL NUMESIAN object passions perceive perfection PHILOPON Philosophical Writings pleasant sentiment pleasure possible present presuppose principles probability proportion proposition rational regard representation Rorarius sciences senses signs someone sort soul Spinoza sublime suicide supposed sympathy Theocles things thinking thoughts tion translation truth unpleasant virtue Voltaire