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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... means of sentient knowledge and to raise the obscure impulses of the soul to a higher perfection by means of sensuous pleasures . When we neglect the latter , we act as contrary to the intentions of the creator as when we neglect the ...
... means of sentient knowledge and to raise the obscure impulses of the soul to a higher perfection by means of sensuous pleasures . When we neglect the latter , we act as contrary to the intentions of the creator as when we neglect the ...
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... means of pleasing our soul , namely , the sensuously perfect representation . And since the final purpose of the fine arts is to please , we can presuppose the following principle as indubi- table : the essence of the fine arts and ...
... means of pleasing our soul , namely , the sensuously perfect representation . And since the final purpose of the fine arts is to please , we can presuppose the following principle as indubi- table : the essence of the fine arts and ...
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... means of the sounds , gestures , and movements appropriate to it , makes use of natural signs . Those signs , on the other hand , that by their very nature have nothing in common with the designated subject matter , but have nonetheless ...
... means of the sounds , gestures , and movements appropriate to it , makes use of natural signs . Those signs , on the other hand , that by their very nature have nothing in common with the designated subject matter , but have nonetheless ...
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... the inner sense " ( p . 196 ) , art often is able to present the former as a means of preparing the way for a depiction of the latter . 15 type of sublimity . An expression or representation is naive. xxiv Introduction.
... the inner sense " ( p . 196 ) , art often is able to present the former as a means of preparing the way for a depiction of the latter . 15 type of sublimity . An expression or representation is naive. xxiv Introduction.
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... means , however , did he lose interest in metaphysics . Nor would it have been possible for him to lose interest in a discipline whose very nature and integrity had been , as noted earlier , a matter of such public dispute within the ...
... means , however , did he lose interest in metaphysics . Nor would it have been possible for him to lose interest in a discipline whose very nature and integrity had been , as noted earlier , a matter of such public dispute within 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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