Herder's Essay on Being - A Translation and Critical Approaches

Presents the first English translation of Herder's foundational essay along with critical responses to it by today's leading Herder scholars.

List of contents

Introduction: The Essay on Being - John K. Noyes
PART 1. VERSUCH ÜBER DAS SEYN, BY JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERDER
Facsimile of Versuch über das Seyn
Transcription by Hans-Dietrich Irmscher and Heinrich Clairmont
Annotation Translation by John K. Noyes
PART 2. CRITICAL ESSAYS
Herder's Essay on Being - Manfred Baum
The Order of Being and the Order of Ideas: The Historical Context of Herder's Essay on Being - Wolfgang Pross
Indivisible, Inexplicable, and the Centre of all Certainty: Herder's Concept of Being - Alexander J. B. Hampton
The Metaphysical Foundation of Subjective Philosophy in Herder's Essay on Being - Marion Heinz
Herder's Kantian Critique of Kant on the Concept of Being - Nigel DeSouza
Attempting to Place the Essay on Being - Arnd Bohm
Herder's Early Neoplatonism - Ulrich Gaier
Being, Possibility, and God: A Comparison of Herder and Heidegger - Sonia Sikka
Bibliography
Notes on the Contributors
Index

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John K. Noyes

Product details

• Authors: John K. Noyes
• Assisted by: John K Noyes (Editor), John K. Noyes (Editor), John K Noyes (Translation), John K. Noyes (Translation)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781571139917
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-991-7
• No. of pages: 236
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture; Studies in German Literature L; Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture; Studies in German Literature L
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works