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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910482020203321
• Autore: Nisbet H. B.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 332 pages)
• Disciplina: 830.9006
• Soggetti: German literature - History and criticism - 18th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 to the figures of Lessing, Herder, Goethe and Schiller.