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The Human Vocation in German Philosophy - Critical Essays and 18th Century Sources (Hardcover)
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The Human Vocation in German Philosophy - Critical Essays and 18th Century Sources (Hardcover)
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern German Philosophy
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In 18th-century Germany philosophers were occupied with questions
of who we are and what we should be. Can the individual fulfill its
vocation or is this possible only for humanity as a whole? Is
significant progress towards perfection in any way possible for me
or just for me as part of humanity? By following the origin and
nature of these debates, this collection sheds light on the
vocation of humanity in early German philosophy. Featuring
translations of Spalding's Contemplation on the Vocation of the
Human Being in its first version from 1748 and an extended
translation of Abbt's and Mendelssohn's epistolary discussion
around the Doubts and the Oracle from 1767, newly-commissioned
chapters cover Johann Gottfried Herder's inherently cultural
concept of the human being, Immanuel Kant's transformative
interplay of moral and natural aspects, and the notion of
metempsychosis in Fichte's work inspired by two neglected
philosophers, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Johann Georg Schlosser.
Opening further lines of inquiry, contributors address questions
about the adaptations of Spalding's work that focus on the vocation
of women as wife, mother or citizen. Exploring the multitude of
ways 18th-century German thinkers understand our position in the
world, this volume captures major changes in metaphysics and
anthropology and enriches current debates within modern philosophy.
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