Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment Religion, Philosophy, and Reason at the Crux of Modernity
Book contents
- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment
- Reviews
- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Critique of Reason: Debates on Rationalism, Empiricism, and Skepticism
- Part II Faith and Revelation: Debates on Theism, Atheism, and Nihilism
- Part III Jacobi and the Revival of Socraticism: The Muenster Circle and Existentialism
- Part IV Jacobi’s Impact on Idealism and Romanticism
- 12 Jacobi and German Idealism
- 13 Jacobi’s Philosophy of Faith in Fichte’s 1794 Wissenschaftslehre
- 14 Jacobi and the Romantics
- 15 Jacobi as Literary Author
- Jacobi Sources
- Index
- References
15 - Jacobi as Literary Author
from Part IV - Jacobi’s Impact on Idealism and Romanticism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 February 2023
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Book contents
- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment
- Reviews
- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Critique of Reason: Debates on Rationalism, Empiricism, and Skepticism
- Part II Faith and Revelation: Debates on Theism, Atheism, and Nihilism
- Part III Jacobi and the Revival of Socraticism: The Muenster Circle and Existentialism
- Part IV Jacobi’s Impact on Idealism and Romanticism
- 12 Jacobi and German Idealism
- 13 Jacobi’s Philosophy of Faith in Fichte’s 1794 Wissenschaftslehre
- 14 Jacobi and the Romantics
- 15 Jacobi as Literary Author
- Jacobi Sources
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter addresses Jacobi’s literary contributions, Edward Allwill’s Collection of Letters and Woldemar, in the context of his critique of both Enlightenment reason and feeling. Both, Jacobi argues, undermined human individuality and freedom.
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- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the EnlightenmentReligion, Philosophy, and Reason at the Crux of Modernity, pp. 286 - 301Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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