Philosophical writings / Moses Mendelssohn ; translated and edited by Daniel O. Dahlstrom.

By:

Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Dahlstrom, Daniel O [translator,, editor.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Cambridge texts in the history of philosophyPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (xxxix, 321 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511004452
0511004451
9781139164078
1139164074

Uniform titles:

Philosophische Schriften. English

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Philosophical writings.DDC classification:

193 21

LOC classification:

B2690.E5 D34 1997eb

Other classification:

CF 6402
5,1

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Contents:

Philosophical writings. On sentiments. Dialogues. Rhapsody or additions to the Letters on sentiments. On the main principles of the fine arts and sciences. On the sublime and naive in the fine sciences. On probability -- On evidence in metaphysical sciences -- On the ability to know, the ability to feel, and the ability to desire -- On the question: what does "to enlighten" mean?

Summary: Mendelssohn's Philosophical Writings, published in 1761, bring the metaphysical tradition to bear on the topic of 'sentiments' (defined as knowledge or awareness by way of the senses). Mendelssohn offers a nuanced defence of Leibniz's theodicy and conception of freedom, an examination of the ethics of suicide, an account of the 'mixed sentiments' so central to the tragic genre, a hypothesis about weakness of will, an elaboration of the main principles and types of art, a definition of sublimity and analysis of its basic forms, and, lastly, a brief tract on probability theory, aimed at rebutting Hume's scepticism. This volume also includes the essay 'On Evidence in Metaphysical Sciences', selected in 1763 by the Berlin Royal Academy of Sciences over all other submitted essays, including one by Kant, as the best answer to the question of whether metaphysical sciences are capable of the same sort and degree of evidence as mathematics.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mendelssohn's Philosophical Writings, published in 1761, bring the metaphysical tradition to bear on the topic of 'sentiments' (defined as knowledge or awareness by way of the senses). Mendelssohn offers a nuanced defence of Leibniz's theodicy and conception of freedom, an examination of the ethics of suicide, an account of the 'mixed sentiments' so central to the tragic genre, a hypothesis about weakness of will, an elaboration of the main principles and types of art, a definition of sublimity and analysis of its basic forms, and, lastly, a brief tract on probability theory, aimed at rebutting Hume's scepticism. This volume also includes the essay 'On Evidence in Metaphysical Sciences', selected in 1763 by the Berlin Royal Academy of Sciences over all other submitted essays, including one by Kant, as the best answer to the question of whether metaphysical sciences are capable of the same sort and degree of evidence as mathematics.