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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792116103321

Autore

Catana Leo

Titolo

The historiographical concept 'system of philosophy' [[electronic resource] ] : its origin, nature, influence, and legitimacy / / by Leo Catana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-283-06085-X

9786613060853

90-474-3336-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 p.)

Collana

Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; v. 165

Disciplina

107.2/2

Soggetti

Methodology

Philosophy - Historiography

Philosophy - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-368) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Materials / L. Catana -- Introduction / L. Catana -- Chapter One. The Concept ‘System Of Philosophy’: The Case Of Jacob Brucker’s Historiography Of Philosophy / L. Catana -- Chapter Two. Brucker’s Practice I: His Exposition Of Bruno / L. Catana -- Chapter Three. Brucker’s Practice II: His Expositions Of Thales, Plato And Aristotle / L. Catana -- Chapter Four. Giordano Bruno’s Hermeneutics: Observations On The Bible In De Monade (1591) / L. Catana -- Chapter Five. Apologetic Strains In Brucker’s Historiography Of Philosophy / L. Catana -- Chapter Six. The Influence Of The Historiographical Concept ‘System Of Philosophy’ / L. Catana -- Chapter Seven. The Legitimacy Of The Historiographical Concept ‘System Of Philosophy’ / L. Catana -- Appendix A. Portraits Of Jacob Brucker / L. Catana -- Appendix B. Jacob Brucker’s Citations In His Exposition Of Giordano Bruno / L. Catana -- Appendix C. Christoph August Heumann’s Scheme Of Periodization / L. Catana -- Appendix D. Jacob Brucker’s Scheme Of Periodization / L. Catana -- Bibliography / L. Catana -- Index Of Names / L. Catana -- Index Of References To Jacob Brucker’s Writings / L. Catana.



Sommario/riassunto

Jacob Brucker (1696-1770) established the history of philosophy as a philosophical discipline in the 1740's. In order to separate this new discipline from other historical disciplines, he introduced the historiographical concept ‘system of philosophy’. The historian of philosophy should use this concept as a criterion of inclusion of past philosophies, and as an ideal form of exposition. The present book describes the origin of this historiographical notion, its implicit Protestant assumptions, and it traces the concept’s impact upon the methods of history of philosophy and history of ideas, as developed over the following centuries. Finally, it discusses the concept’s strengths and weaknesses as a historiographical tool, arguing that it ought to be given up.