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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... matter before it as its object ( of which it is a picture or copy ) and then to the soul or the thinking subject ( of which it constitutes a determination ) . As a determination of the soul , many a representation can have something ...
... matter before it as its object ( of which it is a picture or copy ) and then to the soul or the thinking subject ( of which it constitutes a determination ) . As a determination of the soul , many a representation can have something ...
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... matter signified is grounded in the very properties of what is designated . The passions are , by virtue of their nature , con- nected with certain movements in our limbs as well as with certain sounds and gestures . Hence , anyone who ...
... matter signified is grounded in the very properties of what is designated . The passions are , by virtue of their nature , con- nected with certain movements in our limbs as well as with certain sounds and gestures . Hence , anyone who ...
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... general , something that is intensively enormous or immense is said to be strong and when that strength is a matter of a perfection , it is said to be sublime . Hence , as the following chart illustrates , xxiii Introduction.
... general , something that is intensively enormous or immense is said to be strong and when that strength is a matter of a perfection , it is said to be sublime . Hence , as the following chart illustrates , xxiii Introduction.
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... matter of such public dispute within the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1761 the Classe de philosophie spéculative of the Royal Academy announced an essay contest for the year 1763 on the question : " Whether metaphysical ...
... matter of such public dispute within the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1761 the Classe de philosophie spéculative of the Royal Academy announced an essay contest for the year 1763 on the question : " Whether metaphysical ...
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... matters , and the potential of a mathesis intensorum for an even more profound connection , why does metaphysics ... matter of metaphysics , Mendelssohn adds other reasons for the less perspicuous character of metaphysical evidence ...
... matters , and the potential of a mathesis intensorum for an even more profound connection , why does metaphysics ... matter of metaphysics , Mendelssohn adds other reasons for the less perspicuous character of metaphysical evidence ...
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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