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The Course of Remembrance and Other Essays on Hölderlin

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Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) has long been recognized as one of the greatest poets of the German language, but his importance to philosophy has surfaced only comparatively recently. Although Schelling and Hegel acknowledged Hölderlin early on as their equal, for a long time his philosophical thought remained unknown outside the small circle of his friends.
Among the most prominent figures in the rediscovery of Hölderlin's thought is Dieter Henrich, who, in a series of highly influential studies over the last thirty years, has shown that Hölderlin played a decisive role in the development of philosophy from Kant to Hegel, and hence in the formation of German Idealism. Among other things, Henrich demonstrated that Hölderlin, while still a student, launched a powerful critique of Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre and outlined an alternative to the dominant view of the foundation of philosophy. This alternative proved pathbreaking for his philosophical friends, forcing Hegel, for example, to abandon his own Kantianism and, eventually, to give systematic articulation to a position that went even beyond Hölderlin's.
This volume includes six of Henrich's most important essays on Hölderlin's philosophical significance. Among the topics discussed are Hölderlin's motivation and methodological orientation in his work on German Idealism, the intellectual atmosphere of Hölderlin's student years and the philosophical problems that occupied him, Hölderlin's attitude toward any first-principle philosophy, and the complex personal and philosophical relationships between Hegel and Hölderlin. The last essay is a long, detailed interpretation of one of Hölderlin's greatest poems, "Remembrance." In elucidating its lyric composition and structure, Henrich also seeks to show how it incorporates and develops Hölderlin's philosophical thought.


About the author

Dieter Henrich is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Munich. He is the author or editor of more than thirty books, including Aesthetic Judgment and the Moral Image of the World: Studies in Kant (Stanford, 1992). Eckart Förster is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Munich. He is the editor of Kant's Transcendental Deductions: The Three 'Critiques' and the 'Opus postumum' (Stanford, 1989).

Summary

In a series of studies over the last 30 years, Henrich has shown that Holderlin played a decisive role in the development of philosophy from Kant to Hegel. This book includes six of Henrich's most important essays on Holderlin.

Product details

Authors Henrich Dieter, Dieter Henrich, Eckart Orster
Assisted by Eckart Foerster (Editor), Eckart Forster (Editor), Eckart Förster (Editor)
Publisher Stanford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.05.1997
 
EAN 9780804727396
ISBN 978-0-8047-2739-6
No. of pages 316
Dimensions 159 mm x 238 mm x 23 mm
Weight 621 g
Series Studies in Kant and German Ide
Studies in Kant and German Idealism
Studies in Kant and German Idealism
Studies in Kant and German Ide
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works

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