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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) is the most eminent literary
figure of the German Enlightenment and a writer of European
significance. His range of interest as dramatist, poet, critic,
philosopher, theologian, philologist and much else besides was
comparable to that of Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau, with all of
whose ideas he engaged. He contributed decisively to the emergence
of German as a literary language and was the founder of modern
German literature, urging his compatriots to look to England rather
than France for literary inspiration. His major plays (including
the classic drama on religious tolerance, Nathan the Wise) are
still regularly performed. He was a brilliant controversialist, and
his philosophical and religious writings profoundly shook
traditional assumptions. This book sets his life and work in the
context of the intellectual, social, and cultural background of
eighteenth-century Europe. It is the first comprehensive account of
Lessing's life for over a century, and it serves as a reference
work on all aspects of Lessing's life, work, and thought. The
German edition, published in 2008, is now regarded as definitive;
it was awarded the Hamann Research Prize of the University and city
of Munster and the Einhard Prize for Biography of the Einhard
Foundation in Seligenstadt. The present English edition has been
revised and updated in the light of relevant publications since
2008.
An English translation of Hegel's introduction to his lectures on
the philosophy of history, based directly on the standard German
edition by Johannes Hoffmeister, first published in 1955. The
previous English translation, by J. Sibree, first appeared in 1857
and was based on the defective German edition of Karl Hegel, to
which Hoffmeister's edition added a large amount of new material
previously unknown to English readers, derived from earlier
editors. In the introduction to his lectures, Hegel lays down the
principles and aims which underlie his philosophy of history, and
provides an outline of the philosophy of history itself. The
comprehensive and voluminous survey of world history which followed
the introduction in the original lectures is of less interest to
students of Hegel's thought than the introduction, and is therefore
not included in this volume.
An English translation of Hegel's introduction to his lectures on
the philosophy of history, based directly on the standard German
edition by Johannes Hoffmeister, first published in 1955. The
previous English translation, by J. Sibree, first appeared in 1857
and was based on the defective German edition of Karl Hegel, to
which Hoffmeister's edition added a large amount of new material
previously unknown to English readers, derived from earlier
editors. In the introduction to his lectures, Hegel lays down the
principles and aims which underlie his philosophy of history, and
provides an outline of the philosophy of history itself. The
comprehensive and voluminous survey of world history which followed
the introduction in the original lectures is of less interest to
students of Hegel's thought than the introduction, and is therefore
not included in this volume.
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