Frederick the Great's Philosophical Writings /

Frederick the Great's Philosophical Writings / / Frederick II; ed. by Avi Lifschitz.

The first modern English edition of diverse Enlightenment-era writings by Prussian monarch Frederick the GreatFrederick II of Prussia (1712–1786), best known as Frederick the Great, was a prolific writer of philosophical discourses, poems, epics, satires, and more, while maintaining extensive corres...

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VerfasserIn:
II, Frederick,
HerausgeberIn:
Lifschitz, Avi,
MitwirkendeR:
Scholar, Angela,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Timeline of principal events and publications
  • Note on the texts
  • 1. Dissertation on the Innocence of Errors of the Mind
  • 2. Anti-Machiavel, or a Study of Machiavelli’s The Prince
  • 3. Preface to History of My Age
  • 4. Dissertation on the Reasons for Establishing or Repealing Laws
  • 5. Epistle XVIII: To Marshal Keith, on the Vain Terrors of Death and the Fears of Another Life
  • 6. Epistle XX: To My Soul (À mon esprit)
  • 7. Preface to Extracts from Bayle’s Historical and Critical Dictionary
  • 8. Preface to Abridgement of the Ecclesiastical History by Fleury
  • 9. Essay on Self-Love, Considered as a Principle of Morality
  • 10. Letter on Education
  • 11. Examination of the Essay on Prejudice
  • 12. Critical Examination of The System of Nature
  • 13. Dialogue of the Dead between Madame de Pompadour and the Virgin Mary
  • 14. Essay on the Forms of Government and the Duties of Sovereigns
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Index

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