Moses Mendelssohn: Philosophical WritingsCambridge University Press, 1997 - 321 sider Mendelssohn's Philosophical Writings, published in 1761, bring the metaphysical tradition to bear on the topic of "sentiments" (defined as knowledge or awareness by way of the senses). They include a nuanced defense of Leibniz's theodicy and conception of freedom, and examination of the ethics of suicide, an account of the "mixed sentiments" so central to the tragic genre, an hypothesis about weakness of will, an elaboration of the main principles and types of art, and a brief tract on probability theory, aimed at rebutting Hume's skepticism. |
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Side xix
... nature insures that mixed sentiments are not special instances , but in fact the rule , to which there is no exception . This consideration provides Mendelssohn with yet another opportunity to challenge Maupertuis and , in the process ...
... nature insures that mixed sentiments are not special instances , but in fact the rule , to which there is no exception . This consideration provides Mendelssohn with yet another opportunity to challenge Maupertuis and , in the process ...
Side xx
... nature . Mendelssohn agrees with the attempt to locate a single principle but he rejects the notion that it is to be found in the difference between art and nature . Instead , after noting that nature is quite pleasing when it is not ...
... nature . Mendelssohn agrees with the attempt to locate a single principle but he rejects the notion that it is to be found in the difference between art and nature . Instead , after noting that nature is quite pleasing when it is not ...
Side xxi
... nature . When , for example , the paradigm in nature is not beautiful , we delight in the imitation both for the artistry and for the realization that it is only an imitation . Indeed , in an obvious concession to Batteux and the ...
... nature . When , for example , the paradigm in nature is not beautiful , we delight in the imitation both for the artistry and for the realization that it is only an imitation . Indeed , in an obvious concession to Batteux and the ...
Side xxii
... natural and arbitrary signs . They [ the signs ] are natural if the combination of the sign with the subject matter signified is grounded in the very properties of what is designated . The passions are , by virtue of their nature , con ...
... natural and arbitrary signs . They [ the signs ] are natural if the combination of the sign with the subject matter signified is grounded in the very properties of what is designated . The passions are , by virtue of their nature , con ...
Side xxv
... natural theology and morality in particular , are susceptible of the same evidence as mathematical truths ; and in case they are not , what is the nature of their certitude ; which degree can it attain ; and whether this degree is ...
... natural theology and morality in particular , are susceptible of the same evidence as mathematical truths ; and in case they are not , what is the nature of their certitude ; which degree can it attain ; and whether this degree is ...
Indhold
Preface | 1 |
On sentiments | 5 |
Dialogues | 94 |
Rhapsody or additions to the Letters on sentiments | 129 |
On the main principles of the fine arts and sciences | 167 |
On the sublime and naive in the fine sciences | 190 |
On probability | 231 |
On evidence in metaphysical sciences | 249 |
On the ability to know the ability to feel and the ability to desire | 305 |
what does to enlighten mean? | 309 |
Index | 316 |
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able actually Alexander Altmann Alexander Baumgarten appear artist basis beauty become body C. J. Gerhardt capacity to desire certainty Christian Wolff compelling reasons completely concepts constitution contingent contradiction creatures definition degree Descartes determined distinct divine doctrine effect entity essay ethics Eudoxus Euphranor everything evil example existence expression feel final purpose Fritz Bamberger geometry harmony Hence human imitation immense imperfection inference infinite insofar intellect intuitive knowledge KALLISTHEN knowledge Leibniz Leibnizian Letters on sentiments magnitude mathematics matter means Mendelssohn Mendelssohn's Philosophische Schriften merely metaphysics mind minor premise mixed sentiments moral Moses Mendelssohn movements naive nature NEOPHIL NUMESIAN object passions perceive perfection PHILOPON Philosophical Writings pleasant sentiment pleasure possible present presuppose principles probability proportion proposition rational regard representation Rorarius sciences senses signs someone sort soul Spinoza sublime suicide supposed sympathy Theocles things thinking thoughts tion translation truth unpleasant virtue Voltaire