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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... mixed sentiments " so central to the tragic genre , a hypothesis about weakness of will , an elaboration of the main principles and types of art , a definition of sublimity and analysis of its basic forms , and , lastly , a brief tract ...
... mixed sentiments " so central to the tragic genre , a hypothesis about weakness of will , an elaboration of the main principles and types of art , a definition of sublimity and analysis of its basic forms , and , lastly , a brief tract ...
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... mixed sentiments " or the pleasure that people take in the sight of something painful , terrifying , or ghastly . Theocles turns to this lingering issue in the conclusion to the letters . He distinguishes between cases where sympathy is ...
... mixed sentiments " or the pleasure that people take in the sight of something painful , terrifying , or ghastly . Theocles turns to this lingering issue in the conclusion to the letters . He distinguishes between cases where sympathy is ...
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... sentiments , Mendels- sohn revises his conception of mixed sentiments in " Rhapsody , or additions to the Letters on sentiments . " Much as Kant does later , he distinguishes between the existence of an object and the act of ...
... sentiments , Mendels- sohn revises his conception of mixed sentiments in " Rhapsody , or additions to the Letters on sentiments . " Much as Kant does later , he distinguishes between the existence of an object and the act of ...
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... mixed sentiments outlined above . In these cases the imperfection lies , not in the object as such , but in the subject , where it is joined , of course , with some perfection insofar as the experience is pleasurable . The unfathomable ...
... mixed sentiments outlined above . In these cases the imperfection lies , not in the object as such , but in the subject , where it is joined , of course , with some perfection insofar as the experience is pleasurable . The unfathomable ...
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... mixed sentiments was initially developed to explain the special instances of pleasures , such as those afforded by the tragic genre and immense objects , that clearly involve some sort of imperfection and displeasure . But the finitude ...
... mixed sentiments was initially developed to explain the special instances of pleasures , such as those afforded by the tragic genre and immense objects , that clearly involve some sort of imperfection and displeasure . But the finitude ...
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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