Wissenschaft und Geselligkeit: Friedrich Schleiermacher in Berlin 1796-1802

With his appointment as Preacher at the Charité (1796) Friedrich Schleiermacher enters the cultural life of Berlin. For him, an important role is played by sociability, which he theorises with the anonymously published text Versuch einer Theorie des geselligen Betragens (1799) [‘Toward a theory of sociable conduct’]. The other pole of Schleiermacher’s life in Berlin is provided by science and scholarship – from the "Symphilosophy” of his circle of early Romantic friends via participation, f...