Hamann: Writings on Philosophy and Language

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Haynes is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Brown University, Rhode Island. Klappentext A new and fully annotated translation of a wide selection of Hamann's essays. Zusammenfassung Johann Georg Hamann is a major figure not only in German philosophy but also in literature and religious history. This volume presents a translation of a wide selection of his essays! including both famous and lesser-known works. The volume is completed by an introduction and suggestions for further reading. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Two dedications, from Socratic Memorabilia (1759); 2. Essay on an Academic Question (1760); 3. Miscellaneous Notes on Word Order in the French Language (1760); 4. Cloverleaf of Hellenistic Letters (1762); 5. Aesthetica in Nuce (1762); 6. The Last Will and Testament of the Knight of the Rose-Cross (1772); 7. Philological Ideas and Doubts (written in 1772); 8. Solomon of Prussia (written in 1772); 9. New Apology of the Letter h (1773); 10. Golgotha and Sheblimini! (1784); 11. Metacritique on the Purism of Reason (written in 1784); 12. From Disrobing and Transfiguration: A Flying Letter to Nobody, the Well Known (1786).

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• Authors: Johann Georg Hamann, Kenneth (Brown University Haynes
• Assisted by: Kenneth Haynes (Editor), Kenneth (Brown University Haynes (Editor), Kenneth Haynes (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2007
• EAN: 9780521520676
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52067-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy; Cambridge Texts in the History; Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day