On the Literature and Thought of the German Classical Era : Collected Essays.

This elegant collection of essays ranges across eighteenth and nineteenth-century thought, covering philosophy, science, literature and religion in the 'Age of Goethe.' A recognised authority in the field, Nisbet grapples with the major voices of the Enlightenment and gives pride of place...

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Main Author: Nisbet, Hugh Barr.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Lucretius in Eighteenth-Century Germany: With a Commentary on Goethe's Poem 'Metamorphosis of Animals' -- 2. On the Rise of Toleration in Europe: Lessing and the German Contribution -- 3. On the Function of Mystification in Lessing's Masonic Dialogues, Ernst and Falk -- 4. The Rationalisation of the Holy Trinity from Lessing to Hegel -- 5. Lessing and Misogyny: Die Matrone von Ephesus -- 6. The German Reception of an Irish Eccentric: The Controversy over Thomas Amory's The Life of John Buncle, Esq. (1778-79) -- 7. Herder's The Oldest Document of the Human Race and his Philosophy of Religion and History -- 8. The Ethical Foundation of Goethe's Scientific Thought -- 9. Natural History and Human History in Goethe, Herder, and Kant -- 10. Schiller's 'Ode to Joy': A Reappraisal -- 11. Laocoon in Germany: The Reception of the Group since Winckelmann -- List of Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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