Book contents
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Ideas in Context
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Note on Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Mortal Soul
- Chapter 2 Nature and Idolatry
- Chapter 3 The Doctrine of Temperaments, Medicine, and the Problem of Atheism
- Chapter 4 Natural Law, Religion, and Moral Skepticism
- Chapter 5 From Becmann to Stosch
- Chapter 6 The Founders of Religion as Human Beings
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
A New History of the Beginnings of the German Enlightenment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2023
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Ideas in Context
- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Note on Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Mortal Soul
- Chapter 2 Nature and Idolatry
- Chapter 3 The Doctrine of Temperaments, Medicine, and the Problem of Atheism
- Chapter 4 Natural Law, Religion, and Moral Skepticism
- Chapter 5 From Becmann to Stosch
- Chapter 6 The Founders of Religion as Human Beings
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
We are familiar with the standard story about the origins of the Enlightenment in Germany. The Enlightenment supposedly began in the 1680s with Christian Thomasius and the University of Halle, founded in 1694, which became its first center. In Halle, Thomasius and his students developed a philosophy that was grounded in Samuel Pufendorf’s ideas of natural law and drew on the sensualism of John Locke.
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- The Hidden Origins of the German Enlightenment , pp. 1 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023