On the Literature and Thought of the German Classical Era : : Collected Essays / / H. B. Nisbet.

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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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, UK : : Open Book Publishers,, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 332 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Lessing and the German Contribution 35
  • The Rationalisation of the Holy Trinity from Lessing to Hegel 81
  • Die Matrone von Ephesus 109
  • Herders The Oldest Document of the Human Race and his Philosophy of Religion and History 145
  • The Ethical Foundation of Goethes Scientific Thought 163
  • A Reappraisal 215
  • The Reception of the Group since Winckelmann 241
  • List of Illustrations 291
  • Index 321
  • Copyright.