Herder : Philosophical Writings
by Herder, Johann Gottfried vonFormat: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2002-09-05
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
Johann Gottfried von Herder (17441803) is one of the most important German philosophers of the eighteenth century, who had enormous influence on later thinkers such as Hegel, Schleiermacher and Nietzsche. His wide-ranging ideas were formative in the development of linguistics, hermeneutics, anthropology and bible scholarship, and even today they retain their vitality and relevance to an extraordinary degree. This volume presents a translation of Herder's most important and characteristic philosophical writings (some of which have never before been translated) in his areas of central interest, including philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of history and political philosophy, as well as his general philosophical program. An introduction sets the writings in their historical context and examines their philosophical achievement.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Chronology | p. xxxvi |
| Further Readings | p. xxxix |
| Note on the Texts and Translation | p. xlii |
| General Philosophical Program | p. 1 |
| How Philosophy Can Become More Universal and Useful for the Benefit of the People (1765) | p. 3 |
| Philosophy of Language | p. 31 |
| Fragments on Recent German Literature (1767-8) [excerpts on Language] | p. 33 |
| Treatise on the Origin of Language (1772): Vocabula Suntnotae Rerum. Cicero | p. 65 |
| Philosophy of Mind | p. 165 |
| On Thomas Abbt's Writings (1768) [selections Concerning Psychology] | p. 167 |
| On Cognition and Sensation, the Two Main Forces of the Human Soul (1775) [preface] | p. 178 |
| On the Cognition and Sensation of the Human Soul (1778): Observations and Dreams | p. 187 |
| Philosophy of History | p. 245 |
| On the Change of Taste (1766) | p. 247 |
| Older Critical Forestlet (1767/8) [excerpton History] | p. 257 |
| This Too a Philosophy of History for the Formation of Humanity [an Early Introduction] | p. 268 |
| This Too a Philosophy of History for the Formation of Humanity (1774): A Contribution to Many Contributions of the Century | p. 272 |
| Political Philosophy | p. 359 |
| Letters Concerning the Progress of Humanity (1792) [excerpts on European Politics] | p. 361 |
| Letters for the Advancement of Humanity (1793-7) [excerpts Concerning Freedom of Thought and Expression] | p. 370 |
| Letters for the Advancement of Humanity (1793-7) [excerpt on Patriotism] | p. 374 |
| Letters for the Advancement of Humanity (1793-7) - Tenth Collection | p. 380 |
| Index | p. 425 |
| Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy | p. 437 |
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