Herder: Philosophical Writings / Edition 1

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Overview

Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803) 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 new translation by Michael Forster 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.
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Editorial Reviews

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"This volume of translations of Herder's philosophical writings, many of which have never before been translated, is an important step in making herder accessible to readers who do not know German. Recommended." Choice

"This most welcome volume should serve to stimulate further interest in Herder and make his ideas more accessible to Anglophones. For the price, it is a real bargain!" German Studies Review, Joe K. Fugate

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780521794091
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date: 1/28/2002
  • Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy Series
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 484
  • Product dimensions: 5.98 (w) x 8.98 (h) x 1.06 (d)

Meet the Author

Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. Author of Hegel's Idea of a Phenomenology of Spirit (Chicago, 1998)
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Chronology
Further reading
Note on the texts and translation
Pt. I General Philosophical Program
How Philosophy Can Become More Universal and Useful for the Benefit of the People (1765) 3
Pt. II Philosophy of Language
Fragments on Recent German Literature (1767-8) 33
Treatise on the Origin of Language (1772) 65
Pt. III Philosophy of Mind
On Thomas Abbt's Writings (1768) 167
On Cognition and Sensation, the Two Main Forces of the Human Soul (1775) 178
On the Cognition and Sensation of the Human Soul (1778) 187
Pt. IV Philosophy of History
On the Change of Taste (1766) 247
Older Critical Forestlet (1767/8) 257
This Too a Philosophy of History for the Formation of Humanity 268
This Too a Philosophy of History for the Formation of Humanity (1774) 272
Pt. V Political Philosophy
Letters concerning the Progress of Humanity (1792) 361
Letters for the Advancement of Humanity (1793-7) 370
Letters for the Advancement of Humanity (1793-7) 374
Letters for the Advancement of Humanity (1793-7) - Tenth Collection 380
Index 425
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