Berlin / Hardy Three Critics of the Enlightenment

Vico, Hamann, Herder - Second Edition
2. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4852-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 576 Seiten

Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) was one of the leading intellectual historians of the twentieth century and the founding president of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His many books include The Hedgehog and the Fox, The Crooked Timber of Humanity, The Roots of Romanticism, and Against the Current (all Princeton). Henry Hardy, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, is one of Isaiah Berlin's literary trustees. He has edited several other volumes by Berlin, and is currently preparing Berlin's letters and remaining unpublished writings for publication.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berlin, Isaiah

Hardy, Henry

Weitere Mitwirkende

Israel, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Jonathan Israel ix

Editor's Preface xix

Note on References xxv

VICO AND HERDER 1

Author's Preface 5

Introduction 7

The Philosophical Ideas of Giambattista Vico 26

Vico's Theory of Knowledge and Its Sources 151

Herder and the Enlightenment 208

THE MAGUS OF THE NORTH 301

Editor's Preface 305

Foreword to the German Edition 312

Author's Preface 317

1. Introduction 320

2. Life 324

3. The Central Core 341

4. The Enlightenment 345

5. Knowledge 350

6. Language 390

7. Creative Genius 410

8. Politics 423

9. Conclusion 428

Excursus to Chapter 6 444

Bibliographical Note 449

Appendix to the Second Edition 453

Giambattista Vico: Man of Genius 455

The Reputation of Vico 479

The Workings of Providence 484

Hamann's Origins 486

Letters 489

Index 517

Über Autor(innen)

Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) was one of the leading intellectual historians of the twentieth century and the founding president of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His many books include The Hedgehog and the Fox, The Crooked Timber of Humanity, The Roots of Romanticism, and Against the Current (all Princeton). Henry Hardy, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, is one of Isaiah Berlin's literary trustees. He has edited several other volumes by Berlin, and is currently preparing Berlin's letters and remaining unpublished writings for publication.