Moses Mendelssohn: Philosophical WritingsCambridge University Press, 1997 - 321 pàgines 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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Pàgina xv
... soul , the pleasure of intellectual perfection is based upon " a positive power of our soul , " namely , an ability to grasp the purposive harmony of a multiplicity of things ( p . 24 ) . Moreover , inasmuch as these levels of pleasure ...
... soul , the pleasure of intellectual perfection is based upon " a positive power of our soul , " namely , an ability to grasp the purposive harmony of a multiplicity of things ( p . 24 ) . Moreover , inasmuch as these levels of pleasure ...
Pàgina xvii
... soul or the thinking subject ( of which it constitutes a determination ) . As a determination of the soul , many a representation can have something pleasant about it although , as a picture of the object , it is accompanied by dis ...
... soul or the thinking subject ( of which it constitutes a determination ) . As a determination of the soul , many a representation can have something pleasant about it although , as a picture of the object , it is accompanied by dis ...
Pàgina xviii
... soul's activity of representing things , even imperfections , constitutes a plea- sure - inducing perfection of it , so its experience of pleasure cannot be that of a spectator , merely appreciating the improved condition of the body ...
... soul's activity of representing things , even imperfections , constitutes a plea- sure - inducing perfection of it , so its experience of pleasure cannot be that of a spectator , merely appreciating the improved condition of the body ...
Pàgina xxi
... soul's capacity to desire only by transforming that object of distinct knowledge into something beautiful . This claim plainly foreshadows the difference , later formu- lated by Mendelssohn , among the faculties of cognition , sentiment ...
... soul's capacity to desire only by transforming that object of distinct knowledge into something beautiful . This claim plainly foreshadows the difference , later formu- lated by Mendelssohn , among the faculties of cognition , sentiment ...
Pàgina xxxviii
... soul , that every activity of the soul in some way affirms it and , to that extent , is pleasurable . The painful , moreover , is an imperfection that is only understandable by reference to the perfection . Another word , the ...
... soul , that every activity of the soul in some way affirms it and , to that extent , is pleasurable . The painful , moreover , is an imperfection that is only understandable by reference to the perfection . Another word , the ...
Continguts
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
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